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WILLIAM WARREN BREECE JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 3, 1948 – December 5, 1968
Service recordWilliam Warren Breece JR, of Morrisville, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1968, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 45
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Morrisville, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 45
- NYROON CHADEEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE DRYERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1968
- BILLY KENNEDY EVANS JRSergeant · December 5, 1968
- JOHN DOUGLAS FLOYDStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1968
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.