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WILLIAM THOMAS LONDON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 28, 1946 – October 15, 1966
Service recordWilliam Thomas London, of Humboldt, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Humboldt, Tennessee (Gibson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 77
- JAMES EUGENE JOSLYNStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN MARCAVAGESpecialist Four · October 15, 1966
- ROBERT DOUGLAS MARLINPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- DENNIS EUGENE PIKELance Corporal · October 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GERALD JAMES COLLIERSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 76
- JAMES EUGENE JOSLYNStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 77
- KENNETH EDWARD SHRUMSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 78
From Humboldt
- JAMES AUSTON BROWNSpecialist Four · August 12, 1970
- WILFORD AVON YOUNGSergeant · September 9, 1970
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.