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WILLIAM ERNEST BROUGHTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 31, 1944 – August 20, 1970
Service recordWilliam Ernest Broughton, of Middletown, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- December 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Middletown, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 125
- JOSEPH HENRY DENIGFirst Lieutenant · August 20, 1970
- FURMAN DAVID HUGHESPrivate · August 20, 1970
- MARSHALL KEENE JONESSergeant · August 20, 1970
- DON MANACPrivate First Class · August 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HORACE LEE WARDELLPrivate · Panel 8W, Line 126
From Middletown
- CHARLES DELANO SWARTZPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- JACKIE G STANLEYSergeant · June 28, 1967
- RAY DANIEL PENDERGRAFTMajor · July 2, 1967
- STEVEN EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANDREW RICHARD SMITH JRPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- THOMAS RAY EDWARDSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- MICHAEL OLIVER CASSIDYSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- JAMES DALE ADKINSCorporal · June 8, 1969
- CHARLES M KINIYALOCTSCorporal · June 29, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 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.