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WILLIAM LOCKE STRUNK
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
May 9, 1934 – February 24, 1967
Service recordWilliam Locke Strunk, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 87
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- May 9, 1934
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 87
- LARRY ROBERT SCOTTSergeant · February 24, 1967
- PHILLIP RAY SHOOPMANLance Corporal · February 24, 1967
- VICTOR VANCE ULLBERGSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- PAUL EDWIN VANHOOSECaptain · February 24, 1967
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.