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WILLIAM LEE SULLIVAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 2, 1943 – July 4, 1970
Service recordWilliam Lee Sullivan, of Denver, Colorado, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 120
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 120
- RANDOLPH SPIERSPrivate First Class · July 4, 1970
- NADE MICHAEL STANICHPrivate First Class · July 4, 1970
- FRANK EDWIN STEARNSWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 1970
- GARY DENNIS THADENSergeant · July 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE LEE ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 117
- CARL LAWRENCE MICKENSCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 119
- WILLIAM CLAYTON RAYSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 119
- GARY DENNIS THADENSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 120
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.