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WILLIAM ROBERT WALBRIDGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 22, 1951 – April 18, 1970
Service recordWilliam Robert Walbridge, of Montpelier, Vermont, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 23
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Storage And Handling Specialist (76V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 22, 1951
- Home of record
- Montpelier, Vermont (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 23
- MICHAEL JOHN VAGNONEStaff Sergeant · April 18, 1970
- ROBERT ALBERT WALLCorporal · April 18, 1970
- JOSEPH A BOBANICH JRSergeant · April 19, 1970
- CHARLES ARTHUR BUSINDAWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1970
From Montpelier
- PERLEY MILFORD LONG JRPrivate · September 14, 1967
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.