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WILLIAM MICHAEL FIELDS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 20, 1946 – May 12, 1969
Service recordWilliam Michael Fields, of Evergreen, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Evergreen, Alabama (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 68
- RICHARD JAMES FLAGIELLOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- CHARLES WAYNE FORDPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- EARNEST TAYLOR FREEMANSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- DONALD WAYNE GARRETTPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY ALLEN CORRIEPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 64
- DAVID EUGENE DEMINGSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 66
- PHILLIP RAY DOEBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 66
- EARNEST TAYLOR FREEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 68
- DONALD WAYNE GARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 68
- RONALD LEONARD GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 69
- LAWRENCE DANIEL HARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 71
- ORVAL CLYDE JORDON IIISpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 73
- ROBERT DEAN LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 75
- RICHARD H MCCORMICK JRSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 78
- RAYMOND FRANK NORVELLSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 81
- CECIL WAYNE QUEENSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 82
- ROBERT ALLEN ROOSSIENSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 83
- CHARLES GILBERT STULTZSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 87
- WAYNE DOUGLAS STIGENPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 91
- BOBBY JOE YEWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 92
From Evergreen
- JAMES ROBERT HAMMONDSCorporal · May 1, 1968
- DWAYNE LAMONT SALTERLance Corporal · August 22, 1968
- FRANK DEMON SALTERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
- BRUCE DALE JONESSergeant · March 9, 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.