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WILLIAM FRANCIS LINDQUIST
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 20, 1946 – June 23, 1969
Service recordWilliam Francis Lindquist, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 122
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 122
- CHARLES EDWARD KUHN JRPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- DONALD THOMAS LASKAYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- MARZEL RAY LEESergeant · June 23, 1969
- ADRON LEE LEWISPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EDWARD BARROWPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 116
- DONALD THOMAS LASKAYPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 122
- STEVEN JAMES SKEENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 3
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 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.