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WILLIAM JAMES KARAS
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 30, 1946 – July 31, 1969
Service recordWilliam James Karas, of Greenwood, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 80
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Greenwood, Indiana (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 80
- THOMAS LEE FULLERCorporal · July 31, 1969
- RAYMOND HOWARD HARDINStaff Sergeant · July 31, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN HOFFMANCorporal · July 31, 1969
- PAUL DAVID MCKNIGHTSergeant · July 31, 1969
From Greenwood
- RICHARD PATRICK BLANTONSergeant · April 30, 1969
- ROBERT STEPHEN RAINESStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
- LARRY JAMES RIGNEYPrivate First Class · May 19, 1970
- ROBERT WAYNE VEHLINGCaptain · January 11, 1972
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.