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WILLIAM JAMES TARSI
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 14, 1933 – August 24, 1966
Service recordWilliam James Tarsi, of East Norwalk, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 34
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1933
- Home of record
- East Norwalk, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 34
- ANTHONY JOSEPH ABRUZESESpecialist Four · August 24, 1966
- STEPHEN FRANCIS SNYDERSecond Lieutenant · August 24, 1966
- PETER HENRY ALBRIGHTSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- TERRY LEE ALEXANDERSpecialist Five · August 25, 1966
From East Norwalk
- RICHARD ALAN KASKEPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN SHEAPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
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.