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WILLIAM WAYNE VANMATER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 5, 1941 – September 22, 1968
Service recordWilliam Wayne Vanmater, of Friendship, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 67
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1941
- Home of record
- Friendship, Wisconsin (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- 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 September 22, 1968; six of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 67
- THURMAN HORACE SMITHPrivate · September 22, 1968
- MODESTO VALDEZPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- KARL ROY BIESERPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
- THOMAS DEAN BROCKSergeant · September 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HENRY BUEHLERPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 60
- ROBERT JOHN BYRNESStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 61
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HOUSTONCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 63
- WILLIAM GERALD PEELERFirst Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 65
- SAMUEL ROSAS-SANZPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 66
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.