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WILLIAM MAXWELL POWERS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 27, 1945 – February 22, 1967
Service recordWilliam Maxwell Powers, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1967, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 76
- THOMAS GLENN SHEPHERDPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- PAUL LEO STEWARTStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- HOMER URRABAZOSpecialist Four · February 22, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 1967
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.