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WILLIAM EDWARD IRWIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 29, 1944 – August 11, 1966
Service recordWilliam Edward Irwin, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 716 MP BN USARV
- Born
- December 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 127
- LARRY RAY DRISKELLPrivate First Class · August 11, 1966
- JIMMY LEON HOCKADAYCorporal · August 11, 1966
- ROMEY EARL HUGHART JRCorporal · August 11, 1966
- TOMAS MARROQUIN JRPrivate First Class · August 11, 1966
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.