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WILLIAM I ALLSBROOK JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 12, 1949 – October 2, 1970
Service recordWilliam I Allsbrook JR, of Tarboro, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 105
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Tarboro, North Carolina (Edgecombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1970; six of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 105
- MARK ALLEN OLSONPrivate First Class · October 1, 1970
- RONALD KEVIN ALLGOODSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
- ROBERT WARREN ALVERSON JRSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
- MICHAEL DEAN BANTAPrivate First Class · October 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE JACOB STICKELSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 107
- DAVID FREDERICK TINSEYSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 108
- JIMMY WAYNE WESTBROOKSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 109
- JOHN HUTCHINGS WINBORNEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 109
From Tarboro
- CARL LOUIS DOUGHTIELieutenant (junior grade) · June 10, 1965
- FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT THORPELance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- HOWARD ARNOLD SESSOMSStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1967
- CICERO WHITFIELD JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- HUGH ELROY BEST IIIFirst Lieutenant · January 29, 1969
- GEORGE ELMER CANNON SRStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
- BOBBY EUGENE JONESSpecialist Four · January 30, 1970
- THOMAS REUBEN BRADLEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1970
- WILLIAM HASSELL THIGPENFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1971
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.