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WILLIAM LEE WHITMORE
Captain · U.S. Army
September 18, 1947 – August 10, 1970
Service recordWilliam Lee Whitmore, of Sherwood, Oregon, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 102
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Sherwood, Oregon (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 102
- ANTHONY LOUIS RAMSEYPrivate · August 10, 1970
- GRANT REED WAUGHMajor · August 10, 1970
- GARY JAMES WINTERSergeant · August 10, 1970
- DONNIE DEWAYNE ASBURYPrivate First Class · August 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH JAY SORENSENSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 101
From Sherwood
- DON EUGENE STOCKTON JRFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1969
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.