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WILLIAM NEWCOMER FEASTER
Captain · U.S. Army
May 14, 1938 – October 26, 1966
Service recordWilliam Newcomer Feaster, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 109
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Chaplain (5310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 14, 1938
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 109
- JOHN FREDRICK FRANCISLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- TERRENCE JAY FREUNDPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1966
- FRANK MAYNARD GARDNERLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- WILLIAM G MCWILLIAMS IIILieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
From Portsmouth
- GEORGE EDWARD JOYCEPrivate · December 5, 1965
- JAMES B BARTLETTSergeant · July 2, 1966
- RONALD RAYMOND CORMIERPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- EUGENE FREDERICK SWEET JRPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE SUCCICorporal · March 14, 1968
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER ARCHBOLDMajor · June 7, 1969
- RALPH RONALD CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1970
- CLYDE DOUGLAS ALLOWAYTechnical Sergeant · June 7, 1970
- BRADLEY ELLIOTT SANDFORDFirst Sergeant · December 27, 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.