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WILLIAM EDWARD HUMPHREY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 3, 1941 – May 28, 1966
Service recordWilliam Edward Humphrey, of Bethel, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Retired/Separated 120 Days Or Less (Not T/Pdrl)
- Born
- November 3, 1941
- Home of record
- Bethel, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Gunshot
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 29
- ALFRED FUNCKStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- WAYNE OLIVER GAYPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD GEORGESCorporal · March 23, 1967
- HAROLD LELAND HALECaptain · March 23, 1967
- JERRY ALFRED PHILLIPSLance Corporal · March 23, 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.