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WILLIAM HORNER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1932 – July 10, 1965
Service recordWilliam Horner, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 29, 1932
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 34
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- CLIFFORD ALTON ROBERTSSergeant · July 9, 1965
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- GLEN WAYNE BRADLEYPetty Officer Second Class · July 10, 1965
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- CHARLIE GRAYSpecialist Four · July 24, 1966
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.