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WILLIAM MILES CALDWELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1950 – April 13, 1970
Service recordWilliam Miles Caldwell, of Barberton, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Barberton, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 130
- TROY VERNAL CANADYSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- JAMES JOHN COOKSergeant · April 13, 1970
- STANLEY WENDEL CRAWFORDSpecialist Five · April 13, 1970
- CLIFFORD JERRY EARNHARDTSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES JOHN COOKSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 130
- CARLOS HILL GARCIASergeant · Panel 12W, Line 131
- JAMES MICHAEL REINHARDTSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 1
From Barberton
- GENE THOMAS DAVISPrivate First Class · November 9, 1965
- BILLY CLARENCE DEWEESEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JESSE EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- FREDERICK ANTHONY WENTZPrivate · April 5, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE ROBERTSONStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1966
- CHARLES L BOLINGSpecialist Four · October 16, 1966
- JERRY PETER WYNNECorporal · August 27, 1967
- DALLAS EUGENE THOMPSONSecond Lieutenant · August 28, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL MAXWELLPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- EDDIE JOE WHITESergeant · April 30, 1968
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.