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WILLIAM WALTER BEDNARZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1943 – May 16, 1967
Service recordWilliam Walter Bednarz, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1967, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1967; three of them were lost in Vinh Binh Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 5
- GEORGE RICHARD ANNOSSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
- ROBERT BENTON BAILEYPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- ROBERT OWEN BARRYLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- LEONARD THOMAS BISHSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOSEPH GUARALDIPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 8
- PETER JOSEPH NICOLINISpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 9
- BICKETT ORLANDO WADE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 11
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.