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WILLIAM P CENTERS JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 8, 1941 – May 21, 1967
Service recordWilliam P Centers JR, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 8, 1941
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 71
- ROBERT GARY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- HAAKON WILLY ANDRESENLance Corporal · May 21, 1967
- CLEVELAND BATISTE JRLance Corporal · May 21, 1967
- EDWARD JEAN BOHANNONCorporal · May 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE HAROLD DICKINSONSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 72
- JERRY LEE HOUSERPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 75
- TOLER LEE HUTCHINS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 75
- PHILLIP EARL IRELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 75
- JAMES ALBERT JACKSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 75
- ALFRED LEESergeant · Panel 20E, Line 76
- JAMES DAVID MCWHORTERSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 76
- PATRICK MICHAEL LOISELPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 77
- HENRY DAVID MCINNISSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 78
- ANTHONY WILFRED ROYBALSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 78
- RODOLFO ANDRES SAENZPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 78
- WILLIAM CHARLES STANLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 79
- JAMES THOMAS STEIGHNERSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 79
- DWIGHT ELMER TIMBERLAKESpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 79
- LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 80
- WALTER STEPHEN SIMPSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 66E, Line 3
From Lexington
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FOREMANPrivate First Class · July 7, 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.