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WILLIAM EDWARD LOCKE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 3, 1943 – April 27, 1971
Service recordWilliam Edward Locke, of Roseburg, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 14
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Photographic Equipment Repair Chief (41H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Roseburg, Oregon (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 14
- DAVID BEAVERS WOODFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1971
- TONY RAY BINGHAMSpecialist Four · April 27, 1971
- FREDERICK KRUPAMajor · April 27, 1971
- RICHARD ALLEN LIKELYCorporal · April 27, 1971
From Roseburg
- WILLIAM ERVIN BURKE IIIPetty Officer Third Class · March 22, 1966
- GARY LEE NEWPORTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- GROVER C MATHEWS JRCorporal · September 27, 1966
- RICHARD DOIL STINNETTSergeant · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD PAUL GRAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- SANTFORD BERNARD KEMPKEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- RODNEY EDWIN KINYONHospitalman · June 7, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE FOUTZSecond Lieutenant · January 21, 1970
- LANE WAYNE WISEMANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1970
- EDWARD ARTHUR MATHESSpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
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.