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WILLIAM F JULIUS III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 5, 1947 – May 17, 1968
Service recordWilliam F Julius III, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; four of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 7
- EDDIE KELLY JRCorporal · May 17, 1968
- MICHAEL DARRELL KUHSELance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- GERALD THOMAS LEBLANCPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- NATE FRANCIS LEESergeant · May 17, 1968
- EDWARD LEON WILMERSSergeant · May 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND ALBERT HENSLEYSergeant · Panel 62E, Line 5
- ROBERT JOHN ROSARWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 62E, Line 11
- FRANCIS BARON SCHMITTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 62E, Line 11
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 1967
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.