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WILLIAM JOSEPH DORAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 21, 1947 – September 8, 1967
Service recordWilliam Joseph Doran, of Far Rockaway, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 34
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Far Rockaway, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 34
- CURTIS EDGAR COTHRANSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- LEROY JUNIOR DRABYSergeant · September 8, 1967
- WILLIAM KARL ELLIOTTPrivate First Class · September 8, 1967
- RUSSELL G GARRISONSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LEROY JUNIOR DRABYSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 34
- GARY LEWIS GILLEANSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 35
From Far Rockaway
- ELBERT R HUBSCHMITT JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- MICHAEL FREDRICK ELFLEINCorporal · August 31, 1967
- COSMO FRANCIS PACETTAPrivate First Class · September 5, 1967
- STEVEN VICTOR GOLDSTEINPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- JOSEPH ARTHUR SILON JRCorporal · March 4, 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.