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WILLIAM M TARBELL
Private · U.S. Army
September 18, 1945 – February 26, 1966
Service recordWilliam M Tarbell, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 82
- RONALD LEE RUNKELLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS TERRYSpecialist Five · February 26, 1966
- FRANCIS DESALES WILLSPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS AYRESSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SIMMIE BELLAMY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 78
- ELMER EUGENE BERRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 78
- THOMAS COLEMAN BREWER JRSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 78
- RONALD C CAVINEEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 79
- IRVIN CLARKE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 79
- CHARLIES E DANIELSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 79
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 79
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 80
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 80
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 80
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 81
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
- GREGORY JOHN HARRISMaster Sergeant · June 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.