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WILLIAM EARNEST EBEL
Captain · U.S. Army
February 12, 1931 – September 24, 1966
Service recordWilliam Earnest Ebel, of Olmsted, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 7
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 12, 1931
- Home of record
- Olmsted, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 7
- WAYNE EDWARD BENGESergeant · September 23, 1966
- CECIL EVERETT DORSEYPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- WAYNE EDWIN ELLISONWarrant Officer 1 · September 24, 1966
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- JAMES EVERETT GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE EDWIN ELLISONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11E, Line 7
- ELMER LEVERNE BUCHANANPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 8
- EDWIN JOSEF LUCKSTEADSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 8
- LARRY GENE SHEFFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 11
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.