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WILLIAM LOUIS VASPORY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 6, 1949 – April 2, 1970
Service recordWilliam Louis Vaspory, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 85
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 85
- CHARLES E SUPRENANT JRFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1970
- JAMES ALBERT SWARTZ JRLance Corporal · April 2, 1970
- MICHAEL FRANCIS THOMASStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1970
- STEVE WARREN TRAINFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE JAMES RIDGEWAYCaptain · Panel 12W, Line 84
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.