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WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 2, 1943 – July 18, 1967
Service recordWilliam Edward Hellyer, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 86
- PABLO RENE GONZALEZLance Corporal · July 18, 1967
- ROGER WILLIAM GREETANPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- RICHARD DANNER HARTMANCommander · July 18, 1967
- JEROME JOHNSONSpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD BROWNSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 84
- ANTONIO RIBERAPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 88
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- BOBBY GENE BROWNSpecialist Four · November 30, 1967
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.