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WILLIAM JOHN BLOCK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 13, 1947 – February 12, 1968
Service recordWilliam John Block, of Milwaukie, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 2
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Milwaukie, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 2
- JOHN NELSON BROCKMANSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- HARRY WILLIS BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1968
- CRAIG HAROLD BUELLSpecialist Five · February 12, 1968
- BERTRAM ARNOLD BUNTINGMajor · February 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EUGENE YOUNGBLOODSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 1
- GREGORY C CONANTSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 3
- LE ROY EDWARD DAMIANOSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 4
- MICHAEL WILLIAM ENBODYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 4
- GERALD GOINSSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 4
- WILLIAM AARON HARTERSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 5
- BRUCE G HOWERTERSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 6
- ROBERT LAURENS HUGHESSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 6
- JEFFREY ANDREW HULTSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 6
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN JOINERSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 7
- STEVE WILLIAM LEWICKISpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 7
- DONNIE JOE MARLARSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 8
- ROBERT WALTER MAYSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 8
- CALVIN RONALD MACKAYSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 9
- ROBERT MICHAEL NIXSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 10
- RALPH EDWARD PETERSSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 10
- JOHN CHAD PRICESergeant · Panel 39E, Line 10
- EDMUND ANTHONY OCONNORPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 11
- ROBERT EDWARD PRESTONSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 11
- ROBERT JACK RUHL JRCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 12
- ROBERT CHARLES SCHULTZSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 12
- ULYSSES STEWARTSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 13
- KENNETH EUGENE TICHNELLSpecialist Five · Panel 39E, Line 14
- GERALD ALEXANDER TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 14
From Milwaukie
- ROBERT JAMES PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- WAYNE CONRAD REINECKEPetty Officer Third Class · January 12, 1967
- DAVID LAWRENCE COOPERPetty Officer Third Class · May 13, 1967
- MICHAEL JEFFERSON GREELEYPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- LARRY ALBERT IANNETTASpecialist Five · March 29, 1968
- DONALD RAYMOND SCHAFERSeaman Apprentice · May 1, 1968
- DAVID FRED POPPChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 14, 1969
- LARRY ERNEST DIKEMANCorporal · May 31, 1969
- DANIEL IRVIN MAMBRETTIPrivate First Class · January 30, 1970
- RODNEY KEITH ARNOLDWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 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.