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WILLIAM JOHN WINTERS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 12, 1945 – May 14, 1969
Service recordWilliam John Winters, of Boonville, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 14
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Boonville, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 14
- LARRY STEVEN WEILFirst Lieutenant · May 14, 1969
- LARRY VIRGIL WOLFRUMSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- LUIS CARLOS BORREGO JRCorporal · May 15, 1969
- DAVID JOHN BREDESENPetty Officer Third Class · May 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SAMMIE WAYNE WADDLESergeant · Panel 24W, Line 13
From Boonville
- GEORGE ROBERT DENSLOWSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
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.