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WILLIAM HARRY NOLTE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 7, 1946 – November 16, 1968
Service recordWilliam Harry Nolte, of East Northport, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 75
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1946
- Home of record
- East Northport, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 75
- JORGE LUIS NIEVESSpecialist Four · November 16, 1968
- GORDON LEE PATTERSONWarrant Officer 1 · November 16, 1968
- LEONDA SARTORPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
- GEORGE AUSTIN SCHWALBACHSpecialist Four · November 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ANTHONY SITO SRSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 76
- MICHAEL VILLARREALSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 76
From East Northport
- JOHN RAYMOND NOVOTNYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES HOFFMANCaptain · July 25, 1968
- EDWARD ALBERT FRYER JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIEL QUINN IIIPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- RICHARD MICHAEL FORTECorporal · April 27, 1970
- JACK STEVEN GROUFSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
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.