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WILLIAM FRANCIS LEGRAND
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 12, 1933 – April 28, 1965
Service recordWilliam Francis Legrand, of Ada, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 12, 1933
- Home of record
- Ada, Ohio (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1965
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 110
- GEORGE H KIRBY JRStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1965
- ALVIN KLASON BROYLES JRCaptain · April 28, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- RONALD EDWARD STORZLieutenant Colonel · April 28, 1965
From Ada
- LESTER HOUX JRLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- GARY ROBERT WILLEKESergeant · July 22, 1968
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.