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WILLIAM ESPOSITO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1946 – June 21, 1967
Service recordWilliam Esposito, of Malverne, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 498 MED CO USARV
- Born
- October 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Malverne, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 30
- MORRIS DOMINIQUE GAGNONStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1967
- CARLTON EDGAR GOULDSergeant · June 21, 1967
- CARMEL BERNON HARVEY JRSpecialist Four · June 21, 1967
- STEPHEN CRAIG HASSPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
From Malverne
- STEPHEN TRUE MOODYWarrant Officer 1 · July 2, 1969
- JAMES FRANCIS ROST JRLieutenant (junior grade) · November 17, 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.