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WILLIAM LEON HUDNALL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 15, 1949 – June 29, 1970
Service recordWilliam Leon Hudnall, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 102
- LEROY BERNARD MUDDSeaman · June 29, 1970
- JAMES ALOYSIUS SCHACHTNERSergeant · June 29, 1970
- CURTIS EDWIN STELZERCorporal · June 29, 1970
- MARVIN EARL BELLStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1970
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.