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WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 11, 1946 – July 7, 1966
Service recordWilliam Valrie Pharris, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1966, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 6
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Lake Charles, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1966; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 6
- DENNIS L PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- CURTIS H RANSDELLSergeant · July 7, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN RUGGIEROPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DANNY ROY SIMPSONLance Corporal · July 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD J ANDUHAStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 3
- BOOKER TEE MCCOY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 5
- HORACE GIBBS MITCHELL JRSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 5
- HEYWARD WINDELL NEDDPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 5
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 7
From Lake Charles
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
- DONALD C CORNETTFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN LISTEAirman · October 26, 1966
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · December 8, 1966
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- LEROY REEDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- JACK LEE CROXDALE IISpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- DOUGLAS BERNARD FOURNETFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 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.