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WILLIAM JOSEPH MCPHERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 14, 1948 – July 30, 1970
Service recordWilliam Joseph McPherson, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 71
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 71
- DALE ERVIN SATHOFFStaff Sergeant · July 30, 1970
- WILLIAM RAY SCHROEDERLance Corporal · July 30, 1970
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL SPRINGERPrivate First Class · July 30, 1970
- EDWARD JAMES WHITTONPrivate First Class · July 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ANDREW ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 68
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 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.