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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William Michael Treadway.

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WILLIAM MICHAEL TREADWAY

Private First Class · U.S. Army

January 5, 1951 – August 12, 1969

Service record

William Michael Treadway, of St Joseph, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 19W · Line 26

Position of Panel 19W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
Unit (as recorded)
B CO 31 ENG BN USARV
Born
January 5, 1951
Home of record
St Joseph, Michigan (Berrien County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 12, 1969
Age
18
Province
Binh Long
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From St Joseph

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.