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WILLIAM GERARD KANE JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 2, 1945 – June 30, 1968
Service recordWilliam Gerard Kane JR, of New York, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 24
- DONALD HICKSSpecialist Four · June 30, 1968
- FRANK WARREN JONESWarrant Officer 1 · June 30, 1968
- WAYNE WOOD KNUPPSpecialist Four · June 30, 1968
- JOHN DEE POWELL JRLance Corporal · June 30, 1968
- PAUL P ZYLKOPrivate First Class · June 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GORDON FRANCIS BROWNEPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 22
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.