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WILLIAM JOHN PAHR JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 18, 1942 – December 19, 1968
Service recordWilliam John Pahr JR, of Markham, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 46
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Markham, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 46
- NORMAN PAYNEMaster Sergeant · December 19, 1968
- DONALD ALLEN PLEDGERSpecialist Four · December 19, 1968
- RENE JAVIER SALAZARLance Corporal · December 19, 1968
- WADE THOMAS SHAWPrivate · December 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS GEORGE DANOWSKIStaff Sergeant · Panel 36W, Line 44
- JAMES PERRY DELANEYSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 44
- JOHN ANTHONY KOCAKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 45
From Markham
- JAMES DOUGLAS CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH VANGORDERSergeant · June 21, 1968
- JERRY CHARLES BOCKPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- ODELL EASLEYPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- WYMAN TRUVOY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · April 22, 1970
- NAPOLEON JOHNSONSergeant · July 5, 1971
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.