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WILLIAM LESLIE DAZEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 13, 1946 – January 30, 1968
Service recordWilliam Leslie Dazey JR, of Bellevue, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1968, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Bellevue, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 68
- DAVID WAYNE DEPRIESTSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- RICHARD KENNETH DRAKE JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- ALFRED THOMAS DWYERStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH EDGE IIHospitalman · January 30, 1968
From Bellevue
- EMMETT RAYMOND MCDONALDMajor · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT EVANS WISEFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1967
- QUENTIN DENNIS ZAMBANOSecond Lieutenant · October 15, 1967
- JOSEPH LEE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- DAVID RALF DEVIKLance Corporal · February 10, 1968
- RODNEY GALE FRANKStaff Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- ENRIQUE THOMAS ENRICOSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- BRUCE GORDON GUSTAFSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL ADAIRSergeant · January 6, 1970
- RICHARD DEANE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 25, 1970
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.