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WILLIAM J WHITEHEAD
Captain · U.S. Army
November 11, 1940 – April 7, 1968
Service recordWilliam J Whitehead, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (79301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 49
- JAMES RANDALL WELLSLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- RALPH NORWOOD WELLSSergeant · April 7, 1968
- GLENN A WESTPHALSpecialist Five · April 7, 1968
- GILBERT WILEYLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EFREN CARMONASpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 39
- GREGORY LAWREN LITTLEJOHNPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 43
- GRAHAM LONNIE MILLSSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 44
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 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.