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WILLIAM HERSCHEL STRAUGHN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 25, 1939 – January 31, 1967
Service recordWilliam Herschel Straughn, of Westport, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 25, 1939
- Home of record
- Westport, Kentucky (Oldham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 101
- ERNEST THOMAS DUPONTPrivate First Class · January 31, 1967
- RONALD KAZUO MIYAZAKIAirman First Class · January 31, 1967
- HAROLD HERBERT MORRISPrivate First Class · January 31, 1967
- HARVEY MULHAUSERCaptain · January 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD HERBERT MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 101
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.