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WILLIAM FREDERICK LEASE
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 30, 1949 – November 21, 1969
Service recordWilliam Frederick Lease, of Montclair, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 106
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Montclair, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 106
- JOHNNY OWEN BROOKSPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- PHILIP LAWRENCE JEWELLCorporal · November 21, 1969
- PETER JOSEPH LACEY IIIFirst Lieutenant · November 21, 1969
- GRADY LEONARD LEWISStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1969
- JAMES MARSHALL MINCEYCorporal · November 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DWIGHT GARY FOREMANCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 105
- JAMES THURSTON SMOAK JRCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 107
- ANTHONY A VIRBICKASCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 107
From Montclair
- ERNEST JOSEPH HALVORSONStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- RONALD PAUL PETRICKCorporal · August 20, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE KINGLance Corporal · July 10, 1966
- JAMES RANDALL HOTTENROTHFirst Lieutenant · October 15, 1967
- LAVERN LEO SALZMANSergeant · October 25, 1967
- FRANK DAVID PINACaptain · March 1, 1968
- JOHNNIE LLOYD DANIELSpecialist Four · May 31, 1968
- TIMOTHY PATRICK WEAVERSpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- AMEDEE GEORGE GRANELLE JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- DONALD LEE KIPPSpecialist Four · February 8, 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.