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WILLIAM THOMAS WADDELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 14, 1938 – May 7, 1970
Service recordWilliam Thomas Waddell, of Rockingham, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 128
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
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1938
- Home of record
- Rockingham, North Carolina (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 128
- GARY PHILIP RADERSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- JOSEPH VERN REDMONDStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1970
- ROBERT PORTER SHEPPARDWarrant Officer 1 · May 7, 1970
- LENNY MAURICE TIPPETSSergeant · May 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- NEAL ALEXANDER LORD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 126
From Rockingham
- THOMAS LEE LEWISSergeant First Class · March 23, 1964
- JIMMIE LOUIS ELLERBEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MCPHERSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- BENJAMIN TALLY DAWKINSSergeant · September 6, 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.