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WILLIAM JOHN TSCHUMI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 22, 1948 – November 24, 1967
Service recordWilliam John Tschumi, of Manhattan Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 82
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Manhattan Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 82
- WILLIAM CARY SMITHPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- RAMON HERNANDEZ TORRESSergeant · November 24, 1967
- CHARLES LEE WILKStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
- DAVID RAY BLACKBURNFirst Lieutenant · November 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY EDWARD BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 75
- ROBERT STANLEY CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 75
- SYLVESTER WILLIAM WILSONFirst Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 75
- MARTIN LARRY HANNOSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 77
- DAVID LYNN HILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 78
- JOHN WILLIE LUCASSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 78
- VERTIS L MACKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 78
- GORDON STUART MCCLARYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 80
- MICHAEL STUART NYMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 80
From Manhattan Beach
- MARK EDWARD ROBINSONPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- RONALD ALLAN MOORELance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- OWEN EDWARD MEBUSTSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JEFFREY PAUL MORLEYWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1968
- ROGER DEAN STEPHENSPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- BRUCE ANDERSON MURRAYPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- TIMOTHY JAMES MELVILLEPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- ALLEN MICHAEL GRAFFSergeant · May 24, 1969
- STEPHEN AYER JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 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.