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WILLIAM JOSEPH DEORIO JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 1, 1947 – August 19, 1968
Service recordWilliam Joseph Deorio JR, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 53
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 53
- ALAN COURTNEY DABBSSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- GALE EDWARD DEERINGStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1968
- LEWIS ALLEN DITTMERPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- CURTIS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 51
- JAMES JOSEPH HEFNERPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 55
- RALPH WILLIAM MILBOURNESergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 5
- VICTOR DAVID TRUJILLOStaff Sergeant · Panel 47W, Line 5
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 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.