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WILLIAM NOVAK AREY
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 25, 1947 – May 17, 1968
Service recordWilliam Novak Arey, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 22
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Allentown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 22
- RICHARD JAMES ALLENPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- FRANKLIN VANCE ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1968
- JAMES ANTHONY ASHFORDLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS BAUERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SHERMAN JAMES BOULWARESpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 23
- STERLING HENRY JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 62E, Line 6
From Allentown
- HUGH JOHN SULLIVAN JRSergeant · June 5, 1965
- ROBERT LEE HIRSTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZSergeant First Class · December 25, 1965
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- VICTOR EUGENE KUHNSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
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.