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WILLIAM DONALD BAKKEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 30, 1944 – February 12, 1969
Service recordWilliam Donald Bakken, of West Allis, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 18
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1944
- Home of record
- West Allis, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 18
- KIRK ALLEN WOOLLEYSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN ZUKOWSKIMajor · February 11, 1969
- ROBERTO ACEVEDOSpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
- THOMAS LEON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER NORMAN CRAWFORDSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 19
- JOE JUNIOR MILESSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 19
- WESLEY PAUL HENDRICKSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 20
From West Allis
- ROBERT GRESKOWIAKCaptain · May 15, 1965
- DUNCAN FREDERICK KRUEGERPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM TAMM ARNOLDLieutenant Commander · November 18, 1966
- THOMAS LAWRENCE MEIDAMSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
- DELFERD BENJAMIN DUNIFERSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- RICHARD BURBACHFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES HONDELSecond Lieutenant · March 13, 1968
- STANLEY FRANK URBASSpecialist Four · January 26, 1969
- JOHN ALLEN BUSCHKESergeant · February 23, 1969
- GREGORY ALLEN HEINRICHPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.