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WILLIAM VANCE JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 3, 1929 – March 31, 1968
Service recordWilliam Vance JR, of Oak Grove, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 28
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 3, 1929
- Home of record
- Oak Grove, Kentucky (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 28
- SHERMAN THOMAS WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- JAMES OSCAR WESTPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- JOSEPH KEITH WHEELERPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- STEVEN ROSS WOLTERPetty Officer Third Class · March 31, 1968
From Oak Grove
- JAMES L COTTEN JRStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1967
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.