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WILLIAM THOMAS DAMRON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 3, 1947 – November 30, 1968
Service recordWilliam Thomas Damron, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 10
- RICHARD ALLAN FITTSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD CHERRYPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN FOX JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- GENE FREEMANSpecialist Four · November 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD CHERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 10
- LAWRENCE CASEY GARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 11
- ROGER RAY KERNSPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 12
- DONALD CHESTER LEPAKSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 13
- BRUCE JUN MORIPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 13
- KING DAVID WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 15
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 1966
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.