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WILLIAM HAROLD SOMERVILLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 8, 1949 – August 15, 1969
Service recordWilliam Harold Somerville, of Charlestown, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 48
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Charlestown, Indiana (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 48
- JAMES LARRY SPRINKLECorporal · August 15, 1969
- BOYD LEE WHITTEDStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1969
- TOMMY JOE BERRIERLance Corporal · August 16, 1969
- WILLIAM KENDALL BLACKBURNSergeant · August 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DWIGHT ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 43
- DANIEL EDWARD CAREYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 43
- TYRONE CHATMANCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 44
- DAVID BURNETT LENTZSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 45
- RAYMOND GEORGE MASSESpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 46
- TERRY KEITH MCDONELLCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 46
- JOSEPH WILLIAM MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 46
- PAUL PONCESpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 47
- RONNIE LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 47
- JOHN GERDES SMITHCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 47
From Charlestown
- RICHARD E DEVORESergeant First Class · January 5, 1968
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.