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WILLIAM JOSEPH DELISA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 15, 1947 – April 12, 1968
Service recordWilliam Joseph Delisa, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Ponce, Puerto Rico (Ponce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 30
- RUSSELL HUBARD CORNISHPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- JOHN EDD CUNNINGHAM JRPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- WALLACE JAMES DIETZSergeant · April 12, 1968
- STEPHEN JOHN ECKLEChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WARREN MARTIN BEAUMONTPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 28
- ALAN PAUL BUTKUSPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 28
- EDWARD COE BECKWITHSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 29
- BILLY JAMES BROWNCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 29
- ROBERT SAMUEL CLARK JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 49E, Line 29
- RUSSELL HUBARD CORNISHPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 30
- JOHN EDD CUNNINGHAM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 30
- ROBERT WAYNE ELLSWORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 31
- ROCKFORD GREY EVERETTPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 31
- ALAN JOSEPH HETTICHCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 32
- GARY R HOLLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 33
- WILLIAM EARL MAXWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 34
- ROBERT LEE MELTON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 34
- MORRIS KEITH JAMESSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 35
- CLEATUS WAYNE MCCLANAHANSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 35
- THOMAS MARTIN MCVAYPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 35
- GLENN LOREN MOLLER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 35
- REYNALDO NAVA OROZCOCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 36
- HUBERT EARL WAFORDSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 36
- DAVID ALAN STRUPPPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 37
- DONNY GAY TIDWELLCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 37
- DOUGLAS RICHARD WEIHERSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 38
From Ponce
- ELIAS ALVAREZ-BUZOSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JUVENCIO TORRES-ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- ISRAEL VARGAS-VARGASPlatoon Sergeant · January 18, 1966
- PEDRO SANTOS-PINEDOPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- LESLIE ISMA MORALES-LUCASSergeant · July 2, 1966
- EUGENIO ROSADO-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- EURIPIDES RUBIO JRCaptain · November 8, 1966
- MARCELI CABRERA-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- JUSTINO ENRI CASTRO-RAMOSLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- MARIO MOREU-LEONSergeant · December 6, 1967
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.