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WILLIAM LOUIS LONG
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 2, 1944 – June 20, 1969
Service recordWilliam Louis Long, of El Paso, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 99
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 2, 1944
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 99
- ROBERT CARY MAHANPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
- LUIS ALBERTO MONTOYAPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
- TONEY FRANCIS MYCKA JRCorporal · June 20, 1969
- KEITH OLSENSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE ELLIS BALTEZORESpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 95
- BRIAN CHARLES HEATHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 97
- RICHARD DENNIS JOYSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 98
- JAMES EDWARD PARKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 100
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.