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WILLIAM HENRY LAMB
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 11, 1927 – July 18, 1967
Service recordWilliam Henry Lamb, of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 11, 1927
- Home of record
- Elizabeth City, North Carolina (Pasquotank County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 87
- LEONARD KUBIAKSpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- PAUL ALFRED MACKAYPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- JAY BARKLOW MARTINE JRSecond Lieutenant · July 18, 1967
- STANLEY TOMASZEWSKI JRSpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
From Elizabeth City
- ROBERT LEE SADLERLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- STERLING G W RIDDICKSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- KENNETH JONES EYER JRSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- ERNEST BERTIE WHITESpecialist Five · October 13, 1969
- HARVEY WAYNE BAKERMaster Sergeant · January 1, 1972
- LAWRENCE MCFIE OXX JRFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1972
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.