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WILLIAM GERALD BEHAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 22, 1945 – May 10, 1968
Service recordWilliam Gerald Behan, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; eight of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 4
- HENRY CHARLES BIGGERSTAFFSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH BLACKMANPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- GARY ALLEN BOCHESpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- JAMES SCOTT BROWNCorporal · May 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEROY CONESergeant · Panel 58E, Line 5
- RICHARD JAVIER FLORESCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 7
- PAUL EDWARD JACKSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 9
- ROBERT MILTON JACOBSCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 9
- RAUL SERRANO-ECHEVARRIAPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 9
- OLIVER KASPER KORANDOSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 10
- RICHARD DENNIS KOSARSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 10
- WILLIAM JOHN MOLTZANSpecialist Five · Panel 58E, Line 12
- DAVID MICHAEL POWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 13
- HOWARD EMERSON QUERRYSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 13
- FRANK PAUL JENCZYK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 15
- EDMUND BAGWEL SCARBOROUGHCaptain · Panel 58E, Line 15
- JOSE LOUIS VIERASCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 17
- RANDOLPH RECARDO WILKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 17
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.