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WILLIAM LORIMER IV
Captain · U.S. Army
July 16, 1942 – March 10, 1970
Service recordWilliam Lorimer IV, of St Cloud, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 16, 1942
- Home of record
- St Cloud, Minnesota (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 105
- STUART BASSETT LAMKINFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1970
- ROBERT DALE MCFALLSergeant · March 10, 1970
- FLOYD MOYESpecialist Five · March 10, 1970
- STEVEN LLOYD PETERSSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DALE MCFALLSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 105
From St Cloud
- MONTE THOMAS SLOANCaptain · December 10, 1966
- ALVIN GENE TENNISONSergeant · February 3, 1967
- DAVID C PAPESHPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- KENNETH MICHAEL SCHRAMELSpecialist Four · July 14, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH STEFFESSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- DIRK JON WESTRASpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
- LARS PETER HUSTADFirst Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- RONALD WILLIAM PANNOCorporal · August 17, 1969
- THOMAS LEE STRADTMANSpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN GILLESPIECorporal · November 2, 1969
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.