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WILLIAM VAZQUEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 2, 1948 – March 9, 1968
Service recordWilliam Vazquez, of Huntington Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 3
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Huntington Beach, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 3
- LAWRENCE WALKER SCANLANPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- EDWARD MARVIN STERNINSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- RICHARD ELSWORTH VINCENTSergeant · March 9, 1968
- JERRY OTIS WOODSSergeant · March 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE CLEWLOWSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 66
- JOHN EDWARD HOODSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 67
- DANIEL LEE KINNARDSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 67
- LEROY BRIAN ROBBINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 43E, Line 69
From Huntington Beach
- TERRY LEE QUINNPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- MICHAEL D WALLACEPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- RAY EUGENE BRADLEYWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1967
- MIKE ARMENDAREZPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- GEORGE TALLMANSergeant · April 9, 1967
- ROGER VERNON INSCORECorporal · May 26, 1967
- TERRY LEE TEBBETTSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CATT JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- LELAND PATRICK FINLEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- SAMUEL KENT CULBERTSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 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.