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WILLIAM THOMAS VOHRINGER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 6, 1943 – March 15, 1970
Service recordWilliam Thomas Vohringer, of Vincentown, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 2
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Vincentown, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1970; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 2
- ROBERT ABBOTT WOODStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1970
- ROBERT FRANCIS YOUNGChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 15, 1970
- HARVEY CHADWICK K AIAULieutenant Commander · March 16, 1970
- DANNY RAY ALLENSergeant · March 16, 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.