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WILLIAM RICHARD MCPHERSON
Captain · U.S. Army
January 3, 1940 – December 3, 1965
Service recordWilliam Richard McPherson, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 3, 1940
- Home of record
- Parkersburg, West Virginia (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 122
- WARREN LEIGH DEMPSEYCorporal · December 3, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- ROBERT ALLEN SINGERHOUSEPrivate · December 3, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RAFAEL ACEVEDO-RECHANIMajor · Panel 3E, Line 121
From Parkersburg
- HARRY CURTIS MCCARTNEYLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- PORTER RAY CAINSergeant · May 12, 1966
- STEVEN ERIC EMRICKLance Corporal · February 16, 1968
- BENJAMIN ALLEN JONESSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- LOUIS JAMES REYNOLDSSergeant · May 30, 1968
- JOHN AMBROSE MCCLUNGPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN WHARTONMajor · February 20, 1969
- GARY REX MOSSLance Corporal · March 24, 1969
- DONALD EDWARD ROSSSergeant First Class · April 23, 1969
- DON LEWIS ROSSSergeant · May 4, 1969
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.