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WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 30, 1945 – September 27, 1966
Service recordWilliam Richard Masters, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 22
- RONALD GEORGE JORDETLance Corporal · September 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE FRANK KINNEARPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE LAWSPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS ALLEN LOWDENStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EDWARD ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 23
- VICKEY EARL STANLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 24
- ISTVAN SZABOStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 24
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
- FRANK RICHARD SILLSPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
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.