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WILLIAM LELON SAWYER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 10, 1949 – July 24, 1970
Service recordWilliam Lelon Sawyer JR, of Hollywood, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Radar Crewmember (17B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Hollywood, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 50
- GREG DOUGLAS STEVENSONSpecialist Five · July 24, 1970
- JOHN ANTHONY SUNIGA JRPrivate First Class · July 24, 1970
- WILTSE LEE WEBERCaptain · July 24, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · July 25, 1970
From Hollywood
- CHARLES JACOB BAIRSpecialist Six · January 29, 1966
- STEPHEN RANDALL KITTLEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SCOTT SIMONS MCCLOSKEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- HOWARD DUNCAN BENNETTWarrant Officer 1 · February 3, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS BUCKLESLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- DENNETTE A EDWARDS IIISecond Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES LOCKWOODSeaman · February 29, 1968
- WILLIS ROZELLE HALLTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- CHARLES E DAVENPORT IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- RICHARD WARREN POWELL JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 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.