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WILLIAM EDWARD NEAL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 8, 1943 – March 24, 1971
Service recordWilliam Edward Neal, of Martinsville, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 73
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Martinsville, Indiana (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1971; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 73
- JEROME DON KLEINPrivate First Class · March 24, 1971
- STEVEN MICHAEL LARRABEEChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 24, 1971
- JOHN CLINTON MERRITTStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1971
- HERMAN EDWARD PICHONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1971
From Martinsville
- LARRY MICHAEL SMITHCorporal · April 30, 1967
- RUSSELL IRWIN EVANSLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- DAWSON JESSE ATWOODCorporal · September 26, 1968
- JESSE DALE CARPENTERSergeant · February 23, 1969
- JACKIE LEE GOODNIGHTSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
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.