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WILLIAM HENRY DARDEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 19, 1948 – May 24, 1969
Service recordWilliam Henry Darden, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 93
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 93
- ROY EDWARD CLARKCorporal · May 24, 1969
- TERRY DESMOND CLARKCorporal · May 24, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- EMMETT LARUE DAVISPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY J BALLINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 92
- WILLIAM HENRY BESKE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 92
- ALLEN MICHAEL GRAFFSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 95
- ORVILLE HAMPTONSergeant First Class · Panel 24W, Line 95
- JOHN HERBERT PLATTPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 97
- DERRILL LE ROY PRICE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 98
- JOHN L ROSEMONDCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 98
- RICHARD MARTIN SCHNAKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 99
- FARRELL JAMES VICESpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 100
- GARY ANTHONY WALLACEPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 100
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.