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WILLIAM OWEN CREECH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 2, 1948 – January 25, 1971
Service recordWilliam Owen Creech JR, of Paris, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Paris, Illinois (Edgar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 64
- RICHARD CHARLES PORTERLance Corporal · January 24, 1971
- MERRELL EUGENE BRUMLEY JRLance Corporal · January 25, 1971
- JUAN E GONZALESFirst Sergeant · January 25, 1971
- GERALD LYNN CARTERLieutenant · January 26, 1971
From Paris
- JERROLD ALLEN SWITZERPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT LEROY JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
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.