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WILLIAM GIRARD LACEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 28, 1944 – March 9, 1967
Service recordWilliam Girard Lacey, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 118 AHC 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP
- Born
- April 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 46
- HAROLD K KETNER JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 9, 1967
- LLOYD MARTIN KUEHNSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- CHARLES DWAYNE LANDAirman First Class · March 9, 1967
- RAYMOND FRANCIS LEFTWICHTechnical Sergeant · March 9, 1967
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.