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WILLIAM GAZARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 10, 1934 – July 27, 1967
Service recordWilliam Gazard, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 21
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1934
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 21
- JOHN STANLEY DUPLAGASeaman · July 29, 1967
- KENNETH DYKESeaman · July 29, 1967
- WALTER TASMAN EADSPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN EARICKPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS EDWARDSPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEE AMOSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 4
- JOHN CARL BIONDILLOPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 5
- MERL WAYNE FERGUSONSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 6
- MARTIN A FLEISCHMANNStaff Sergeant · Panel 24E, Line 6
- KENNETH LEVON HENDRIXSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 7
- DAVID LEE MEYERSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 8
- LEROY A NELSONSergeant First Class · Panel 24E, Line 9
- BOBBY GENE PETERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 9
- ERNEST PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 10
- JAMES RUSSELL POPEPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 10
- RICHARD JOSEPH WEHRHEIMPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 10
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · Panel 24E, Line 11
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.