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WILLIAM ESPOSITO JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 7, 1947 – November 11, 1965
Service recordWilliam Esposito JR, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 7, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 40
- JOHN HENRY VANWYKPetty Officer Third Class · August 24, 1965
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- CLIFTON WALTER HAYSSpecialist Five · November 10, 1965
- JAMES DALE HAWESPrivate First Class · November 11, 1965
- WILLIS WILLIAM WEBERSergeant · November 11, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WILBUR WILLIAM IVANOVSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 41
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.