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WILLIAM PHILLIP WOFFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 31, 1949 – April 23, 1969
Service recordWilliam Phillip Wofford, of Battle Creek, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 37
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Battle Creek, Michigan (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 37
- WILLARD HAROLD TILL JRPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES WATTSSpecialist Five · April 23, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH WITTS JRSergeant · April 23, 1969
- JAMES AUTHOR WORTHINGTONSergeant · April 23, 1969
From Battle Creek
- DANNY TRENT HIGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- BENJAMIN PAUL NORTONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- ROGER DUWAINE WHITEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- MARK ROBERT LANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- KENNETH BERNARD DEANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CAREL BARNES JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY ROGERSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- PAUL LOWELL FREDERICKSONCorporal · May 9, 1968
- LARRY LEE LISKOWSergeant · September 11, 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.