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WILLIAM LESTER WILHELM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 1, 1948 – September 6, 1970
Service recordWilliam Lester Wilhelm, of Covington, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ground Surveillance Radar Crewman (17K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Covington, Ohio (Miami County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 43
- THOMAS PAUL SMITHSergeant · September 6, 1970
- GUILLERMO VALLECorporal · September 6, 1970
- EUGENE ALLEN AARONPrivate First Class · September 7, 1970
- MONTY DOYAL BOYERSpecialist Four · September 7, 1970
From Covington
- DALE ERNEST BADGLEYCorporal · June 3, 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.