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WILLIAM STEVEN CHILDERS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 23, 1947 – January 3, 1969
Service recordWilliam Steven Childers, of Fairbanks, Alaska, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 25
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Fairbanks, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 25
- PHILLIP ERNEST BENJAMINPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- JOSEPH PETER COLASURDOSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- JOHN VICTOR COUTURESpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- ELDRIDGE MAURICE DANIELSSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST DEAN DODSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 24
- RONALD SMITH MCCRARYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 35W, Line 28
- LARRY RANDALL MCPHERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 29
From Fairbanks
- ROBERT EDWARD LEESpecialist Four · February 17, 1966
- KERMIT HAROLD LABELLE JRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1967
- WAYNE ELMER JONESChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 17, 1967
- DAVID REESE YOUNG JRSecond Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- DAVID LYNN FERRYSpecialist Five · August 22, 1968
- PATRICK M MCINERNEYPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- GILBERT KETZLER JRPrivate First Class · October 10, 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.