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WILLIAM JUNIOR AHART
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 30, 1946 – January 9, 1970
Service recordWilliam Junior Ahart, of Crown Point, Indiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 16
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Crown Point, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1970, 529 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 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 16
- MICHAEL CLARENCE VICKERYCorporal · January 8, 1970
- LARRY PAUL BARTLETTSergeant First Class · January 9, 1970
- WILLIAM JOHN BECKERLance Corporal · January 9, 1970
- EDGAR LEE BISHOPSergeant · January 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED FLOYD HALLSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 18
- RAYMOND ALLEN MAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 14W, Line 20
From Crown Point
- ROBERT CARL BRIXPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
- RONALD A VANSESSENFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT BLEVINSSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT PINTARLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- DAVID MARTIN DLUZAKSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE STAEHLISergeant · April 30, 1968
- GERALD WILLIAM FIEGLEMaster Gunnery Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS JOE HOECKELBERGSpecialist Five · December 23, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN ELLSWORTHSpecialist Five · June 24, 1969
- DARYL ROBERT GROTHAUSSpecialist Five · July 2, 1970
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.