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WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNER
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
December 5, 1924 – February 16, 1966
Service recordWilliam Harold Bordner, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 16, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 5, 1924
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1966
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1966; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 40
- ERNEST WATSONPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
- FRANK EDWARD CRABBEPrivate First Class · February 16, 1966
- FREDDIE GEAN LLOYDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1966
- ROSS JAMES PATERSONWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1966
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
- FRANK RICHARD SILLSPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
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.