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WILLIAM GERALD BANEY JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 24, 1946 – April 23, 1968
Service recordWilliam Gerald Baney JR, of Radcliff, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Radcliff, Kentucky (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 35
- DANIEL EDWARD WOLFECorporal · April 22, 1968
- THOMAS SAMUEL ALFREDPrivate · April 23, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM ALLENSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
- ARTHUR WYMAN BALLPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLAUDE HENRY COVINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 37
- HARLEY FRANKLIN GRIGGSStaff Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 39
- ANDRES LU NARVAEZ-MARREROSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 41
From Radcliff
- HAROLD ALLEN ATCHERSpecialist Five · June 19, 1965
- ROBERTO BRAGHINI JRSergeant First Class · June 25, 1968
- LOVELL FRANKLIN COENSergeant Major · April 30, 1969
- ROBERT CARL TRIGGSergeant First Class · April 19, 1970
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.