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WILLIAM MILLER VITALE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 11, 1942 – November 29, 1968
Service recordWilliam Miller Vitale, of Taylorville, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 8
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Taylorville, Illinois (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 8
- THEODORE R CONLEY JRLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH TARANTOSpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- DOUGLAS LEROY WARNERPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN WEAVERSergeant · November 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN RICKEY GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 6
- ERVIN ELLIS HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 6
- BILLY EUGENE HUGHES IISergeant · Panel 37W, Line 6
- JESUS QUINENE MENOPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 6
- JOHN SHELBY POOLERSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 7
- TED JAMES RULEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 7
- JOHN RAY WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 9
From Taylorville
- ROBERT EUGENE GELONEK JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- CHARLES GREGORY ROSSCorporal · March 3, 1968
- CHARLES RAY MOOMEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- RUSSELL LARNED ENGS IIISergeant · May 9, 1968
- JOSEPH ARNOLD HILLLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SINCAVAGESpecialist Four · February 6, 1969
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.