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WILLIAM W BANCROFT JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
June 12, 1945 – November 13, 1970
Service recordWilliam W Bancroft JR, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 13, 1970, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 56
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 14 TR SQ
- Born
- June 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North 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
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1970. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “14 TR SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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
Also on Panel 6W, Line 56
- SALVATORE JOSEPH ARMATOPrivate First Class · November 13, 1970
- KEN DWIGHT BURNSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH FARNSWORTH JRSpecialist Four · November 13, 1970
- ROBERT HUGH GUMM JRSergeant · November 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID IRVIN WRIGHTMajor · Panel 6W, Line 58
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.