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WILLIAM RAYMOND BREEDEN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 18, 1929 – March 24, 1968
Service recordWilliam Raymond Breeden, of Meadville, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1929
- Home of record
- Meadville, Pennsylvania (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 5
- DARRYL BLAKE FULLUMSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- BERNARD LAVERNE GAINESPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- FRANCIS LEROY GAULOCHERFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1968
- DONALD LEE GEARHARTStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1968
From Meadville
- ROBERT LEE WESTFALLAirman First Class · February 11, 1962
- FRANK DONALD TRYPUSSergeant · November 19, 1965
- DONALD IRA BOWERSAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD KAHLERSergeant · November 1, 1967
- RAYMOND HOWARD CHASE JRWarrant Officer 1 · November 10, 1967
- EDWARD JAMES BROMS JRLieutenant Commander · August 1, 1968
- JAMES EARL RUDDPrivate First Class · August 6, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS JOLIETSpecialist Four · October 15, 1969
- JACK EARL DEETERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- DAVID GEORGE DRAGOSAVACSergeant · April 1, 1970
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.