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WILLIAM EUGENE AUSTIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 13, 1949 – July 31, 1970
Service recordWilliam Eugene Austin, of Lenoir, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 72
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Lenoir, North Carolina (Caldwell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1970
- 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
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 72
- JAMES MARSHALL DOTYPrivate · July 31, 1970
- ANDREW GEORGE HAWTHORNESpecialist Four · July 31, 1970
- PHILLIP JAY HILDERBRANTSergeant · July 31, 1970
- EDWARD P MOOREStaff Sergeant · July 31, 1970
From Lenoir
- CANEY GREENSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- WALTER J SPAINHOUR JRFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1966
- MICHAEL H PENNELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- EDWARD EUGENE GREENEStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- GENE CALVIN REIDSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- THEODORE R CONLEY JRLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
- RICHARD COLON WATSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- GEORGE FRANKLIN MCGEECorporal · September 11, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD BOWERS JRSergeant · March 7, 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.