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WILLIAM THOMAS CLONEY III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 21, 1946 – September 7, 1968
Service recordWilliam Thomas Cloney III, of Milton, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 60
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Milton, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 60
- DAVID CARLTON BROWNCaptain · September 7, 1968
- WILLIAM MORRIS COOPERSergeant · September 7, 1968
- PETER DEHAASPrivate First Class · September 7, 1968
- LLOYD DOUGLAS DOERINGSpecialist Four · September 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LLOYD DOUGLAS DOERINGSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 60
- GEORGE ROBERT DORCHAKSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 61
- CARL NICHOLAS M HORNERCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 62
- JAMES JOSEPH NEIDLINGERCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 63
- CHARLES GLENN RUSSELLCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 64
- CARLOS DYRAL VIBBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 64
From Milton
- JOHN THOMAS CAROTASergeant · September 6, 1967
- JOSEPH DANIEL MCNEILCorporal · May 31, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL CASEY JRLance Corporal · February 16, 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.