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WILLIAM NELSON BULTHUIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1948 – December 23, 1970
Service recordWilliam Nelson Bulthuis, of Wyanet, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Wyanet, Illinois (Bureau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 1
- FINLEY AUSTIN RICECorporal · December 22, 1970
- DAVID NAYLOR STEGERLance Corporal · December 22, 1970
- DENNIS NICK VATISTASPrivate First Class · December 22, 1970
- GARY PRESTON BOOTHSpecialist Four · December 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JESSIE RAY LINDLERPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 2
- ERVIN JEROME MURRELLPrivate · Panel 5W, Line 2
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCOBYStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 3
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.