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WILLIAM FREDRICK WINTERS
Major · U.S. Army
June 10, 1920 – May 20, 1966
Service recordWilliam Fredrick Winters, of Butler, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 92
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1920
- Home of record
- Butler, Pennsylvania (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1966
- Age
- 45
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 92
- RICHARD LYNN WILDMANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD ANGESpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BENJAMINPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HARRISON REESEPrivate · Panel 7E, Line 90
- STANLEY INCILLO SAGONSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 91
- GEORGE HENRY STAHL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 91
From Butler
- THOMAS EUGENE CZZOWITZCorporal · September 9, 1965
- CHARLES FREDERICK SETZENFANDSergeant · March 5, 1966
- ALLEN G LANESergeant · March 24, 1966
- FRANCIS CLAIR RUMMELStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- RAYMOND PATRICK LINKSergeant · August 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ELGIE LESNIKSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- PAUL STASKO JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- JOSEPH CLARENCE DOYLECaptain · February 28, 1968
- WALTER ANTHONY CICCHIANIPetty Officer Second Class · April 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROGER CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · June 6, 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.