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WILLIAM MCNAMARA LEVENDIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 15, 1947 – May 25, 1968
Service recordWilliam McNamara Levendis, of Vienna, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 68W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68W · Line 5
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Vienna, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 68W, Line 5
- WILLIAM ROYAL LINDSEYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JERRY ALLEN LONGTINEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- ANTONIO LOPEZ JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- THOMAS ROBERT MALONEYSergeant · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HARRISON ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 70W, Line 1
- JAIME VILLALOBOSStaff Sergeant · Panel 67W, Line 4
- BERNARD FRANCIS YARBINITZPrivate First Class · Panel 67W, Line 8
From Vienna
- HARVEY MCKEE CARKINSergeant · February 15, 1967
- GERALD CRAWFORD MULLPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- ARTHUR FLETCHER CHANEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 3, 1968
- WILLARD FLOYD PROCHASKALance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- LORENZO RAYNARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- WELBY HERBERT GRAYSON IIIPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- DONALD R MOORE JRFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1969
- KENNETH MARTIN SCHLIEFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1970
- BERNARD LEVERN JOHNSON IIFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1972
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.