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WILLIAM SHOVER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 21, 1946 – January 18, 1967
Service recordWilliam Shover, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1967, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 51
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 51
- PATTERSON SCOTT JRPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- LEO VINCENT SILBERTPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- CALVIN RAY WILSONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- TIMOTHY E WORKMANSpecialist Five · January 18, 1967
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.