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WILLIAM VELILLA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 20, 1947 – November 16, 1967
Service recordWilliam Velilla, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 20, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 5
- RICHARD WAYNE MIDDLETONPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- GREGORY CORNELIUS QUINNPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- O D SCOTTSergeant First Class · November 16, 1967
- LEWIS LEONARD SLOANPrivate · November 16, 1967
- JAMES EMMETT STONEPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RALPH EUGENE BYRDCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 103
- DAVID KEITH DEMORESTSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 1
- W C JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 3
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.