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WILLIAM THOMAS WALSH JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 15, 1948 – June 14, 1971
Service recordWilliam Thomas Walsh JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1971; six of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 76
- WAYNE ARTHUR GARBERSergeant First Class · June 14, 1971
- MANUEL MIRANDASpecialist Five · June 14, 1971
- ANTHONY ALOYSIUS PRICESpecialist Five · June 14, 1971
- DEE BERGERAPrivate First Class · June 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD LEE BROENNEKESergeant · Panel 3W, Line 75
- FRANKLIN THOMAS CRITESCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 75
- EARL ROY LESTER JRSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 75
- JEFFREY DAVID SCHUMACHERPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 75
- MANUEL MIRANDASpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 76
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.