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WILLIAM POWELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1938 – April 10, 1968
Service recordWilliam Powell, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 14
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1938
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 14
- RICHARD LEMOYNE MURRAYCorporal · April 10, 1968
- JONATHAN NEALCorporal · April 10, 1968
- SAMUEL JOSEPH PADGETTSergeant First Class · April 10, 1968
- JAMES ANDRES PALENIK JRPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.