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WILLIAM RIEVES CURRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 29, 1947 – July 6, 1968
Service recordWilliam Rieves Curry, of Columbia, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- April 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbia, Kentucky (Adair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 26
- JOHN WALTER DUNLAPSpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- DOUGLAS PAUL FRASERPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES HANSENPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
- ARTHUR HARMONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
From Columbia
- FRANCIS RUSSELL MCGOWANSergeant · June 2, 1969
- DAVID OWEN BIGGSSergeant · June 11, 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.