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WILLIAM LOUIS CHERRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 17, 1947 – December 2, 1966
Service recordWilliam Louis Cherry, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 3
- RUSSELL PETER BOTTMaster Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- LEE JOSEPH BOUDREAUX JRSpecialist Four · December 2, 1966
- HARVE EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
- TITUS LEVEN BURGESSPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JACK WEAVERStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 8
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 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.