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WILLIAM JOHN AHLUM
Captain · U.S. Army
January 22, 1944 – March 23, 1969
Service recordWilliam John Ahlum, of Hatboro, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 16
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Supply Officer (4514)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Hatboro, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 16
- LYNN CECIL WHITFORDSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- JAMES DAVID WRIGHT JRCorporal · March 22, 1969
- KENNETH RAY BARKLEYSpecialist Six · March 23, 1969
- TOMMY LEE BARNESSpecialist Five · March 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEWIS BERRYSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 17
- JERRY LEE PETERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 21
- JOHNNY LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 21
From Hatboro
- JAMES PATRICK KELLYSecond Lieutenant · September 27, 1965
- HAROLD EDWARD CASHMAN JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- RONALD CARLTON SMITHSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- JOSEPH LANNON JRPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD WRIGHT JRFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1968
- ROBERT PRESTON RUTTLE JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 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.