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WILLIAM MALCOLM CHURCH
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
May 13, 1924 – March 21, 1969
Service recordWilliam Malcolm Church, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 95
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1924
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 95
- ROBERT ALLEN BAETZELWarrant Officer 1 · March 21, 1969
- ALAN MARTIN BERNSTEINCorporal · March 21, 1969
- PATRICK LYNN BLAIRSergeant · March 21, 1969
- WILLIE EDWARD BOLTONLance Corporal · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BARRY WADE GRAFSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 99
- THOMAS JACKSON GRINDSTAFFSpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 99
- HERMAN EARL LASSITERStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 101
- ADGER EUGENE MOODYSpecialist Six · Panel 29W, Line 103
- BILLY DAN MURPHYCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 104
- CHRIS ANTHONY SOUZACorporal · Panel 28W, Line 4
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.