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WILLIAM GORDON FLEMING JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 20, 1945 – September 17, 1966
Service recordWilliam Gordon Fleming JR, of Mayfield, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Rotor And Propeller Repairman (68E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Mayfield, Kentucky (Graves County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 106
- MARK ANDREW FERGUSONLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- GEORGE RICHARD FITZGERALDSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- GLENN EDWARD INSPRUCKERFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- SHERMAN LEE IVEYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RUDOLPH CUMMINS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 105
- HAROLD PAUL LEAPHARTCorporal · Panel 10E, Line 107
- GARY EUGENE MCCASLINPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 108
- ALFRED MCPHERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 109
From Mayfield
- ROBERT LOYD EMERSONPrivate · June 7, 1966
- BOBBY JOE LAWRENCESergeant First Class · December 23, 1967
- JOE EDD HESTERSpecialist Four · February 9, 1969
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.