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WILLIAM KENEITH WORD
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 8, 1948 – May 28, 1969
Service recordWilliam Keneith Word, of Sunnyvale, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 13
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Sunnyvale, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 13
- MATTHEW JOHN BAURLELance Corporal · May 29, 1969
- JOHN WESLEY BLANDINGSpecialist Four · May 29, 1969
- JOHNNIE LEE BRIGMANPrivate · May 29, 1969
- IRAN COURTLAND BROWNLance Corporal · May 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN CLARENCE BRISSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 6
- RICHARD LYNN BRUMFIELDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 6
- GARY WAYNE COXSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 7
- PATRICK MARTIN DIXONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 7
- EARL ARTHUR GODMANSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 8
- ALBERT HILERIO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 9
- THOMAS ALLEN NEBELPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 10
- ROBERT BERTON READCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 11
- DAVID L TIFFANYSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 12
- DICK EDWARD WHITNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 12
From Sunnyvale
- JOHN PATRICK VAUGHNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- ANDREA CUNEO JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- KURT CHARLES EDIEPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD FREILING JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD HENRYCorporal · October 14, 1967
- DENNIS LOUIS PRESCOTTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE BERRYLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- RONALD RAY LOVELANDSergeant · February 7, 1968
- CARROLL BRUCE FULLERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- KRAIG SEWELL HOGANSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
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.