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WILLIAM STEVE ILLMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 5, 1947 – January 2, 1968
Service recordWilliam Steve Illman, of Oroville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 19
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Oroville, California (Butte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 19
- WILLIAM THOMAS JACOBUSWarrant Officer 1 · January 2, 1968
- DAVID LEONARD JARVISPetty Officer Third Class · January 2, 1968
- HANS KLETINGERPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- JEFFRY ARTHUR LARSONCorporal · January 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALLAN PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 22
From Oroville
- THOMAS CHARLES VANCAMPENPrivate First Class · June 24, 1965
- DALE GLENN SIEVERS JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- JAMES WILLIE ROY IIISpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- PAUL WESLEY SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1968
- LANNY DEE CUMMINSFirst Lieutenant · May 17, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN BOOTSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM LISSLance Corporal · March 7, 1969
- DAVID B CHRISTIANSONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- BARRY LON UNFRIEDLance Corporal · June 2, 1969
- MICHAEL ELSMERE LUCASPrivate First Class · October 6, 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.