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WILLIAM LODI NEGRINI
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 7, 1946 – May 6, 1969
Service recordWilliam Lodi Negrini, of West Covina, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 7, 1946
- Home of record
- West Covina, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 13
- LARRY HOWARD BRINKEYSpecialist Five · May 6, 1969
- ODIE C MCMURRAYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- FRUTO JAMES OQUENDOSergeant · May 6, 1969
- MARVIN REED PAINTERCorporal · May 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TYSON VANCE BEALLCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 9
- OLIVER ADRIAN BEST JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 9
- JAMES ALLEN BLAINSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 9
- JOHN OTTO BOWMANSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 9
- RICHARD JOHN DALEYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 10
- PAUL JOHN KRONTHALERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 12
- RICHARD M LUCKENBACH JRSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 12
- JACKIE RAY MCKENZIECorporal · Panel 25W, Line 12
- FRUTO JAMES OQUENDOSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 13
- GILBERT GONZALES PALACIOSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 14
- FOSTER LEE SONNIERSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 14
- JOSE SOTO-CONCEPCIONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 15
- JOSEPH WOODARDCaptain · Panel 25W, Line 15
From West Covina
- RICHARD W PETERSONPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- JOEL MICHAEL SABELCorporal · July 10, 1967
- LOUIS ZANE SILVERIILance Corporal · December 3, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH COOKPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- DAVID HUGH LALICHCorporal · June 11, 1968
- GEORGE STEPHEN JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- HAROLD ROY CHRISTENSENSergeant · June 19, 1969
- JOHN JAMES WILLEYStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- BERT MARRION GUENTHER JRSergeant · November 15, 1970
- DOUGLAS BRIAN KENTSergeant · January 5, 1971
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.