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WILLIAM IRVING GOULD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 19, 1946 – February 18, 1967
Service recordWilliam Irving Gould, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 19, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 57
- DELMAR LEE CROCKETT JRSergeant · February 18, 1967
- DANIEL PAUL DONNELLANPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- PATRICK MICHAEL DORANLance Corporal · February 18, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BILLY GENE CONLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 55
- HERBERT JOHN ARCENEAUX JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 56
- LESTER BRIDGESPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 56
- JOHNNY EDWARD BURTONPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 56
- JAMES CLEVELANDSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 56
- DELMAR LEE CROCKETT JRSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 57
- THOMAS ALAN GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 58
- JERRY WAYNE HIGGINSSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 58
- HILARIO B LEANIO JRSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 58
- PABLO PATINOStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 60
- LARRY DAVID ROSSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 60
- CHARLES SHAFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 60
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.