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WILLIAM PAUL PRESSON JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 4, 1934 – September 23, 1966
Service recordWilliam Paul Presson JR, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 23, 1966, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 4, 1934
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1966; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 4
- ANTONIO RICHARD OSUNASergeant First Class · September 23, 1966
- LARRY LEE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM MACKS SHETRONSpecialist Four · September 23, 1966
- DAVID ROY WARGOPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.