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WILLIAM MORRIS WALMSLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 29, 1950 – April 4, 1970
Service recordWilliam Morris Walmsley, of Walla Walla, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 94
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Walla Walla, Washington (Walla Walla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 94
- CECIL RAY SMITH JRSergeant · April 4, 1970
- GARY WAYNE WEEKLEYCorporal · April 4, 1970
- DANIEL KENNETH WELINPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
- JEFFREY JEROME YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MANNIE ALFRED BARBERPrivate · Panel 12W, Line 91
- CLARE ARNOLD BARRETTPrivate · Panel 12W, Line 92
- SAMUEL LOUIS ROBERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 93
- JEFFREY JEROME YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 94
From Walla Walla
- LOWELL EUGENE SCHULTZPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- ROBERT GERALD NALLYHospitalman · March 17, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE HARTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1967
- JAMES A NEISESSCaptain · October 2, 1967
- DAVID LE ROY MCRAEStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1968
- JAMES BRUCE COLLINSCorporal · September 25, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE BRUTSCHERCorporal · December 28, 1968
- LARRY JAMES HANLEYMajor · November 4, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL SMITHCorporal · November 27, 1969
- RONALD JOE FULTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 31, 1970
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.