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WILLIAM LOUIS DEBO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 14, 1949 – August 11, 1968
Service recordWilliam Louis Debo, of Portsmouth, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 47
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Ohio (Scioto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 47
- JOHN JOSEPH FLOOD JRMajor · August 11, 1968
- CARL RICHARD FOSTERSpecialist Four · August 11, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES GILLESPIE JRFirst Lieutenant · August 11, 1968
- JAMES HAROLD HILYARDPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JAMES GILLESPIE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 49W, Line 47
- JAMES HAROLD HILYARDPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 47
- GARY GLEN POOLPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 48
From Portsmouth
- GLEN THOMAS HOBBSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- GARY NOLAN SHYFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1968
- STEPHEN EARL CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- TED RAY JAMISONPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- JERRY RUSSELL HOWERTONCorporal · February 23, 1969
- TIMOTHY PAUL BAUERCorporal · February 26, 1969
- CLYDE SAMPSON EVANSSpecialist Five · May 21, 1969
- CHARLES RONALD EGGERSSpecialist Four · December 31, 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.