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WILLIAM WALTER COLYER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 21, 1951 – May 17, 1970
Service recordWilliam Walter Colyer, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SVC BTRY 7 BN 13 ARTY 41 ARTY GRP
- Born
- October 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 56
- MICHAEL LEE BLOOMFIELDCorporal · May 17, 1970
- PAUL ROGER BROWDERSpecialist Four · May 17, 1970
- MICHAEL HARRY CORWINSergeant · May 17, 1970
- JERRY ARNOLD EATONSergeant · May 17, 1970
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.