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WILLIAM RUSSELL SQUIER JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 18, 1949 – September 13, 1969
Service recordWilliam Russell Squier JR, of Brownell, Kansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 80
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Brownell, Kansas (Ness County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 80
- RICHARD WAYNE SHERRILLLance Corporal · September 13, 1969
- ANTHONY MICHAEL STEENLance Corporal · September 13, 1969
- JAMES BYRON STOCKDALEPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
- MANNIFRED YATESMajor · September 13, 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.