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WILLIAM JOSEPH LAMMERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 15, 1950 – June 5, 1971
Service recordWilliam Joseph Lammers, of Spencerville, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 66
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- September 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Spencerville, Ohio (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 66
- JAMES WALTER MYLESSpecialist Four · June 4, 1971
- REY FRANCISCO TORRESRAMOSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1971
- LEM CLARKSergeant First Class · June 5, 1971
- JOHN ROBERT JONESSergeant · June 5, 1971
From Spencerville
- RICHARD NEAL ROBEYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- JOHN WESLEY EUTSLERCorporal · January 31, 1969
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.