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WILLIAM HARRY AMSPACHER JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 26, 1944 – June 2, 1965
Service recordWilliam Harry Amspacher JR, of Canoga Park, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 2, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 130
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Aviation Electronics Technician (AT)
- Born
- July 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Canoga Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 130
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- WERNER ERHARD LUTZCaptain · June 2, 1965
- THOMAS LEE PLANTSPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1965
- GERALD MICHAEL ROMANOLieutenant (junior grade) · June 2, 1965
From Canoga Park
- MITCHELL CONRAD SHORTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GRANNANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- HARTLEY MICHAEL JOSEPHSONLieutenant · October 7, 1966
- RICHARD KENNETH WELLSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- ELMER FREDERICK KENNEYSergeant · July 11, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN RUMLEYCorporal · January 8, 1968
- MICHAEL KANEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- ANGEL ANTONIO GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
- ROBERT ERNEST FORSHEYMajor · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM ENBODYFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 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.