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WILLIAM PISHNER JR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 7, 1947 – March 10, 1970
Service recordWilliam Pishner JR, of Tracy, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Tracy, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 106
- BYRON MATTHEW RICHARDSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
- PAUL ALLEN RICHARDSSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
- LESTER RILEY JRPetty Officer Second Class · March 10, 1970
- DOMINIC N SCATUORCHIO JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DOMINIC N SCATUORCHIO JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 13W, Line 106
From Tracy
- LARKIN OSCAR VALLERANDLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE STANDRIDGECorporal · November 23, 1967
- MANUEL CATANO NEVESCorporal · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES RUSHERCorporal · January 7, 1968
- DONNIE HOWARD RUSSELLSergeant · July 3, 1970
- RAYMOND R ENYEART JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1971
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.