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WILLIAM ELVIN SUMMERS
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 17, 1929 – November 11, 1971
Service recordWilliam Elvin Summers, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 66
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Senior Sergeant (13Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 17, 1929
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1971
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1971; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 66
- DANNY THOMAS JETTSpecialist Five · November 11, 1971
- PAULINO FRANC JIMENEZ-ROIGPrivate First Class · November 11, 1971
- ROGER DALE DAVENPORTPrivate First Class · November 12, 1971
- ERIC GARY HEROLDCaptain · November 12, 1971
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.