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WILLIAM VINCENT SHORTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 7, 1945 – December 4, 1966
Service recordWilliam Vincent Shorts, of Rensselaer, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Rensselaer, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 12
- CRAWFORD BRIAN PARISStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1966
- ALVIS OREN REEVESSergeant First Class · December 4, 1966
- OLIVER JOHN RIDDLEAirman Second Class · December 4, 1966
- WILLIAM D ROBBINSSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GREGORIO TRUJILLO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 13
From Rensselaer
- RAYMOND ANTHONY RANELLUCCIPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE CUMMINGS JRSpecialist Six · September 17, 1966
- ARTHUR PAUL KONEVALPrivate First Class · March 31, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD MOORE JRSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- LANNY GUY LADOUCEURFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1970
- KENNETH EARLSTON OLIVERCorporal · August 12, 1970
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.