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WILLIAM HENRY BETHEA III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 14, 1948 – May 25, 1967
Service recordWilliam Henry Bethea III, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 100
- EDDIE CHARLES BEGAYECorporal · May 25, 1967
- ALAN WAYNE BONNEYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- ROBERT KENNETH CADEAUCorporal · May 25, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH CAMIRELance Corporal · May 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KURNEY JOSEPH WHITE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 108
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.