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WILLIAM JAMES LEVETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1948 – February 24, 1969
Service recordWilliam James Levett, of Pasadena, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 37
- VICTOR CARL JAUERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- TOMMY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- HAROLD ST CLAIR LEWISSpecialist Five · February 24, 1969
- ADALBERTO R E VERDUGOSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- XAVIER AMADO ARVIZUSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 31
- LARRY LEE BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 32
- GILBERT MICHAEL CHAVEZPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 33
From Pasadena
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
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.