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WILLIAM OLEN AUSTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 10, 1948 – October 13, 1968
Service recordWilliam Olen Austin, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 56
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1948
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 56
- HERBERT JAMES WISHERSpecialist Four · October 12, 1968
- ALEXANDER BEARDStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1968
- JOHN DAVID BELLESCorporal · October 13, 1968
- SYLVESTER LEWIS BROWNPetty Officer Third Class · October 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRYAN MICHAEL CHILCOTEPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 57
- JACK DUANE GOLDENPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 58
- JOHN MARK HANSENSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 58
- PIERCE MALLORY KIMBALLSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 59
- DAVID LEE LOCKARDSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 59
- WILLIAM GEORGE MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 60
- JOHN PETER PELLEGRINOSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 61
- AMAND RICHARD CARL SAINTPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 61
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.