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WILLIAM JOHN BANNON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 11, 1950 – April 11, 1969
Service recordWilliam John Bannon JR, of Milford, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 54
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Milford, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 54
- LAURIE EUGENE BARNESFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1969
- BEVERLY LEE BARNHARTStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1969
- DONALD CHARLES BOSBERYFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1969
- KENNETH EARL BROWNSergeant · April 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GUY TALMADGE FLETCHER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 55
- MICHAEL ERNEST MATTASpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 57
From Milford
- JEFFERY RAYMOND MALONEYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH BRAUNLance Corporal · April 28, 1967
- HENRY MICHAEL SARMENTOCorporal · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES NELSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- RICHARD DOUGLAS CONKLINPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- THOMAS DANIEL TIGHESergeant · January 10, 1970
- CLIFFORD E PARSONS JRPrivate First Class · July 17, 1970
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.