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WILLIAM T MCCORMICK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 28, 1947 – March 12, 1970
Service recordWilliam T McCormick, of Thermopolis, Wyoming, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 119
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Thermopolis, Wyoming (Hot Springs County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 119
- GARY DOUGLAS MCNICOLSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- JACK WILLIAM MESSERSergeant · March 12, 1970
- WILLIAM CURTIS MOORHOUSESpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- TERRY LEE MOSERSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GERALD THOMAS ATKINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 115
- KENNETH JOE AUSTONCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 115
- RAYMOND WILSON TEALStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 121
- DAVID RUSSELL WELCHSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 121
From Thermopolis
- EDWARD LESTER LAWTONCorporal · September 27, 1968
- STEPHEN ELLIS SLOCUMSpecialist Four · July 24, 1971
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.