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WILLIAM EDWARD BORDER
Private · U.S. Army
May 15, 1946 – April 13, 1966
Service recordWilliam Edward Border, of Stone Creek, Ohio, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Born
- May 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Stone Creek, Ohio (Tuscarawas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 108
- COLEY LOUIS WASHINGTON JRLance Corporal · April 12, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- RICHARD DAVID BORIEOPrivate First Class · April 13, 1966
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 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.