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WILLIAM ROBERT SPEIGHT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 7, 1947 – August 22, 1969
Service recordWilliam Robert Speight, of Ashburn, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 98
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Ashburn, Georgia (Turner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 98
- THOMAS MICHAEL RALSTONCorporal · August 22, 1969
- ERIC DONN SALTZPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- THOMAS RALPH SAYERSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- DARRELL DUANE TAYLORPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD EDWARD CUSHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 92
- DOMINICK JOSEPH MADONNASpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 96
- PETER LOPEZSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 99
From Ashburn
- CHARLIE C WALKERPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- GEORGE T SWYMERSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- JAMES HENRY PRESLEYLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- ROY LESTER MEADOWSSergeant First Class · May 23, 1971
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.