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WILLIAM HENRY REMELTS II
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 10, 1949 – December 20, 1970
Service recordWilliam Henry Remelts II, of Wilmington, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 134
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Wilmington, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 134
- BOBBY RAY DAILEYPrivate First Class · December 20, 1970
- SAZIN DALE FABACHERCorporal · December 20, 1970
- KEITH DANIEL HOLMESSpecialist Four · December 20, 1970
- JAMES LEE RITERPetty Officer Third Class · December 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY RAY DAILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 134
- SAZIN DALE FABACHERCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 134
- KEITH DANIEL HOLMESSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 134
From Wilmington
- ANTONIO DUARTE PADILLACorporal · August 21, 1965
- JERRY BERNIS JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- PENI UELICorporal · January 16, 1966
- RUDOLPH ALGAR NUNEZSergeant · June 13, 1966
- KENNETH ROY RORICKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BARNES WARLAND ROSE JRMajor · November 4, 1967
- DONALD MORGAN KROTZERPrivate · November 25, 1967
- TOMMY GENE STOVERSergeant · January 2, 1968
- JAVIER PUENTES FIGUEROACorporal · January 28, 1968
- JESUS GUTIERREZ ESCOBARLance Corporal · June 25, 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.