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WILLIAM EDWARD MALCOLM JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 4, 1941 – May 5, 1970
Service recordWilliam Edward Malcolm JR, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 103
- ANDREW ZBIGNIEW LISOWSKICaptain · May 5, 1970
- PETER JOHN MARTINEZ JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
- GEORGE ARDEN MASONChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1970
- RICHARD SHELDON MODENSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY WAYNE BROWNSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 100
- LARRY DANIEL BUFFINGTONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 100
- FRANCISCO TERONI CARVAJALStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 100
- STEPHEN PAUL FINKEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 101
- GERALD ALBERT KULMSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 102
- GEORGE ARDEN MASONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 103
- TSCHANN SCOTT MASHBURNCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 104
- GREEN EDWARD MILLER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 104
- IVORY LEE MCKINNEYCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 105
- VERNON LEO OKLANDSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 105
- WARKER RICHARD L VANDEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 107
- STEVEN EDWARD WASSONCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 107
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.