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WILLIAM FRANCIS MOCKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 11, 1947 – July 10, 1968
Service recordWilliam Francis Mocker, of Corning, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Corning, New York (Steuben County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 9
- LONNIE MORRIS BURCHETTPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- ARTHUR DEWEY ELMANDORFSpecialist Four · July 10, 1968
- GEORGE VANDER DUSSENCorporal · July 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR DEWEY ELMANDORFSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 9
- DOUGLAS SCALESPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 11
From Corning
- MORRIS FREDERICK DIBBLEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JON PAUL TRAVISSergeant · January 26, 1966
- EDWARD PAUL HANSHAWLance Corporal · January 31, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN HIVELYLance Corporal · June 19, 1969
- CLARK ROBERT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · November 11, 1969
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.