The Wall › Panel 2E › California › William Edward Neville
WILLIAM EDWARD NEVILLE
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 24, 1933 – June 18, 1965
Service recordWilliam Edward Neville, of El Cajon, California, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 18, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 12
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 24, 1933
- Home of record
- El Cajon, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1965
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 12
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- JAMES MONROE GEHRIG JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- JAMES ALFRED MARSHALLFirst Lieutenant · June 18, 1965
From El Cajon
- DAVID LEON BAUMGARDNERSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MICHAEL RAYMOND KIEHLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- JACK M HARRISSergeant First Class · April 14, 1967
- DAVID ALAN HICKMANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- GLENN EUGENE LUHNOWPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- AQUILLA FRIEND BRITTMajor · October 25, 1967
- WILLIAM TAYLOR HARTMANSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- WALTER KIRT CLARKEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD AUGUSTINE DELEIDICaptain · February 7, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL SULLIVANPetty Officer Third Class · February 25, 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.