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WILLIAM MIRANDA
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 12, 1948 – August 21, 1969
Service recordWilliam Miranda, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 88
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 88
- WILLIAM DAVIS MARTINPrivate First Class · August 21, 1969
- MICHAEL NICHOLAS MASUENWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 1969
- EUGENE LEWIS MILLERSpecialist Four · August 21, 1969
- MAJOR BOONE MORGAN JRCorporal · August 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACK LEE CONNORSPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 85
- ROBERT ARTHUR JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 87
- RUDOLPH STEPHEN PARRISHPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 89
- LUIS E QUINTANA-SOTOPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 89
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
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.