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WILLIAM ROBERT ASQUITH
Private · U.S. Army
March 25, 1950 – November 19, 1970
Service recordWilliam Robert Asquith, of Louisiana, Missouri, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1970, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Louisiana, Missouri (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 70
- FERNANDO VILLASANACorporal · November 18, 1970
- ROBERT HENERSON WILSON JRCorporal · November 18, 1970
- THOMAS RALPH BIERLINESergeant · November 19, 1970
- JOHN ROBERT GRISARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES C WASHINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 72
From Louisiana
- MACK LEE PRESTON JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 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.