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WILLIAM ESSIE EMBRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 16, 1943 – December 4, 1967
Service recordWilliam Essie Embry, of Heyworth, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 34
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Heyworth, Illinois (Mclean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 34
- MERLE KEITH FAGERLIND JRCorporal · December 4, 1967
- RICKIE DAVIS FISHERPrivate · December 4, 1967
- ALBERT WILLIAM FRAZIERPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- JOHN L GARRIGANPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM TERRY ALLENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 32
- THOMAS PAUL CIECURASpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 32
- OMER PAUL DICKERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 33
- ALBERT WILLIAM FRAZIERPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 34
- WILLIAM YANCEY HADLEYSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 35
- CLYDE MARVIN LEESpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 36
- WOLFGANG TONY OTTO MOHLSpecialist Five · Panel 31E, Line 37
- TODD TATE IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 39
From Heyworth
- LARRY STEPHEN RAINEYLance Corporal · February 27, 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.