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WILLIAM JAMES NEUBIA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 1, 1947 – December 20, 1968
Service recordWilliam James Neubia, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 53
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 1, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 53
- DENNIS FRANCIS MCGUIRESergeant · December 20, 1968
- RICHARD GIRARD MORINCaptain · December 20, 1968
- DALE HAROLD RANTHUMStaff Sergeant · December 20, 1968
- THOMAS GARY SIKESFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAPHEAL JOHN FROSTSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 50
- ALBERT BRUNO GERDES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 50
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.