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WILLIAM JUNIOR TARPLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 14, 1948 – May 16, 1968
Service recordWilliam Junior Tarpley, of Callands, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 19
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Callands, Virginia (Pittsylvania County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 19
- LOUIE JOE SANDOVALPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- GEORGE H SCHROEDER JRStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1968
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- ROBERT LEE STEWARTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLIFTON CUBBAGEPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 8
- EXCELL FICKLINStaff Sergeant · Panel 61E, Line 9
- HENRY JOSEPH KIRCHNER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 11
- OTIS EDWARD ISBELLCorporal · Panel 61E, Line 12
- LOUIE JOE SANDOVALPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 19
- DANIEL LEDARE UNDERWOODSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 20
- PAUL EDWARD WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 20
From Callands
- WILLIAM REYNOLDS MARTINCaptain · November 18, 1964
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.