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WILLIAM LOUIS CLINE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 1, 1949 – February 14, 1970
Service recordWilliam Louis Cline, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 7
- BOBBIE HERALD BREWERStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- ERNESTO CUEVAS-RIVERASpecialist Four · February 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ERNESTO CUEVAS-RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 7
- JERROLD BERNELL DAYCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 8
- JOSEPH WILLIE DUNCANSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 8
- HAROLD PHILIP FESPERMANSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 8
- WAYNE DABNEY MCRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 11
- GREGORY CARLYLE SCHOPERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 12
- GARY SMITHCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 12
- FERDINAND J SOCHUREK IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 12
- EARL CARL E TIDWELL JRCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 12
- JAMES HARDY WILBANKSCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 13
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 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.