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WILLIAM THOMAS GRESHAM JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 15, 1948 – August 2, 1969
Service recordWilliam Thomas Gresham JR, of Ashland, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 86
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Ashland, Mississippi (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 86
- THOMAS LAMONTE DIVES JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 2, 1969
- JAMES STEVENS DRAVIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 2, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- HAL KENT HENDERSONFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE DEWEY CONRAD JRCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 85
- DAVID LLOYD DELOACHCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 85
- GERALD STEPHEN LOTRIDGECorporal · Panel 20W, Line 87
- DAVID CORNELIUS OCONNORSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 88
- VENANCIO VERACorporal · Panel 20W, Line 90
- CARL RAY WARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 90
From Ashland
- LYNN BAILEY COLEMANPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
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.