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WILLIAM THEODORE HATTING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 24, 1948 – December 22, 1969
Service recordWilliam Theodore Hatting, of Ashton, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 82
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Ashton, Iowa (Osceola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 82
- JAMES PAUL HALENPrivate First Class · December 22, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER A MILLERPrivate First Class · December 22, 1969
- STANLEY DYKUS MONTGOMERYSergeant · December 22, 1969
- JAMES CURTIS MOORESenior Master Sergeant · December 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE ALLEN MCCORMICKSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 83
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.