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WILLIAM JOSEPH CYR
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 22, 1945 – January 31, 1968
Service recordWilliam Joseph Cyr, of Webster, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 5
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Webster, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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 36E, Line 5
- CHARLES LINCOLN DANIELSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DWIGHT A DEDRICKWarrant Officer 1 · January 31, 1968
- ARTHUR J DELA HOUSSAYE JRCaptain · January 31, 1968
From Webster
- PAUL JOHN STOCHAJSergeant · February 23, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CARSONLance Corporal · March 20, 1967
- CLAUDE CHARLES BETTYCorporal · October 18, 1967
- PAUL ANTHONY PRZELOMSKISpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- EUGENE PAUL BERESIKMajor · May 31, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW JABLONSKISergeant · August 8, 1968
- GERARD CORRIVEAUStaff Sergeant · January 7, 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.