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WILLIAM ROBERT BATCHELDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 21, 1945 – June 10, 1965
Service recordWilliam Robert Batchelder, of Springvale, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Born
- October 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Springvale, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 6
- ZOLTAN ALAJOS KOVACSWarrant Officer 1 · June 10, 1965
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- DONALD RUSSELL SAEGAERTWarrant Officer 1 · June 10, 1965
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.