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WILLIAM EARL BRIDGES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 23, 1943 – December 22, 1967
Service recordWilliam Earl Bridges JR, of Lenoir City, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 42
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Lenoir City, Tennessee (Loudon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 42
- WILLIAM H BORCHARTWarrant Officer 1 · December 22, 1967
- TED WILLIAM BURROUGHS JRPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- PETER B BUSHEYFirst Lieutenant · December 22, 1967
- EDWARD LEE POLSONPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
From Lenoir City
- DENNIS TRUMAN HAYWORTHSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- HUBERT TUCK JRPetty Officer Second Class · October 18, 1966
- BENNY CHARLES BURNSSergeant · March 11, 1968
- LARRY DALE WEBBLance Corporal · March 27, 1968
- LARRY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
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.