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WILLIAM F PRIDDY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 15, 1942 – December 13, 1966
Service recordWilliam F Priddy, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 41
- JOHNNY LEE GORDONLance Corporal · December 13, 1966
- LARRY DEAN HATFIELDLance Corporal · December 13, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- GEORGE W SMITH IIICorporal · December 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 40
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.