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WILLIAM EARL VANWEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 6, 1944 – December 13, 1968
Service recordWilliam Earl Vanwey, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 19
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
- March 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 19
- SAMMY RAY PALMERCorporal · December 13, 1968
- ROY STOWESpecialist Four · December 13, 1968
- MARION FRANK WALDEN JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- SAMUEL FRANKLIN WALKER JRChief Master Sergeant · December 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEO NIEWAHNERSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 13
- ALAN CARROLL LOCKARDPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 16
- DURWARD GLENNIE MORSEPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 16
- DONALD ACE PETTITTPrivate · Panel 36W, Line 18
- JERRY MORGAN WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 20
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
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.