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WILLIAM LOUIS CYR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 11, 1945 – November 8, 1966
Service recordWilliam Louis Cyr, of Missoula, Montana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Missoula, Montana (Missoula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 41
- JOHN DENNIS COX IICorporal · November 8, 1966
- DAVID BRIAN DANNFirst Lieutenant · November 8, 1966
- ARTHUR RAYMOND ERSCHOENSpecialist Four · November 8, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL TODDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL WHIT MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 43
- MATHEREW DENNIS RENFROEPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 44
From Missoula
- JACOB FRANCIS STEPANCaptain · March 10, 1967
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HAVRANEKLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DONALD ALEXANDER LEHUTALance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- DOUGLAS LAWRENCE FRIEDSergeant · September 25, 1967
- ANTHONY BLAKE CADWELLPrivate · October 17, 1967
- GEORGE PERCY KENDALL JRGunnery Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- ALAN LEE BOYERSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- LIONEL RUSSELL CRASELance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- ROBERT HUGH CARROLLMajor · May 12, 1968
- DAVID PATRICK SULLIVANSecond Lieutenant · September 4, 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.