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WILLIAM EUGENE SEMPLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 29, 1948 – January 23, 1970
Service recordWilliam Eugene Semple, of Winchester, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 60
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Winchester, Ohio (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 60
- WILLIAM H BARTHOLOMEW JRStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1970
- MALCOLM JONATHAN GRIMPrivate · January 23, 1970
- FRANK DALE HAMMONDPrivate First Class · January 23, 1970
- DONALD JEROME RICESpecialist Four · January 23, 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.