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WILLIAM KENNETH AUSTIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 25, 1950 – September 2, 1971
Service recordWilliam Kenneth Austin, of Trout Lake, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1971, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 8
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Trout Lake, Washington (Klickitat County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1971; two of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 8
- GERALD ARTHUR DAVISSpecialist Four · September 2, 1971
- GORDON LEE KIMMELSpecialist Four · September 2, 1971
- RICHARD RUSS JRSergeant · September 2, 1971
- MARION HENRY STANLEYStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GERALD ARTHUR DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 8
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.