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WILLIAM ERNEST LAMAR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 17, 1949 – August 23, 1971
Service recordWilliam Ernest Lamar, of Taylor, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 136 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 136
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Taylor, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 136
- BILLY WAYNE DISHEROONSpecialist Five · August 22, 1971
- DAVID WAYNE FRADYSpecialist Four · August 22, 1971
- DWIGHT BRINSON HOWELLSergeant · August 22, 1971
From Taylor
- THEODORE GRONOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- JOSE JULIO BOYLESSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEYERLieutenant Colonel · April 26, 1967
- BURTON IRVING SHARPSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH PETERSENSpecialist Four · June 1, 1967
- DONALD DAVID WIELKOPOLANSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- JAMES ELTON FISHERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- JAMES ESTILL TANKERSLEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- THOMAS RUSSELL COLLINS JRSpecialist Four · July 6, 1969
- LARRY MICHEAL ROBINSONSpecialist Four · August 13, 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.