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WILLIAM WALTER MALONE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 17, 1950 – February 20, 1971
Service recordWilliam Walter Malone, of Waco, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1971, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 125
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1971; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 125
- BRIAN WALLACE KONGFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1971
- CHESTER GEORGE LYONSSergeant · February 20, 1971
- BENJAMIN KEALII MALABEYLance Corporal · February 20, 1971
- DAVID MURRAY MAYCaptain · February 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER L CLEARWATERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 123
- DAVID NEIL HEADCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 124
- BRIAN WALLACE KONGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 125
- GLENN WELDON MCCARTYSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 126
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 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.