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WILLIAM WELTON ENGLISH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 10, 1944 – October 17, 1966
Service recordWilliam Welton English JR, of Rome, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Rome, Georgia (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 81
- EDWARD JOSEPH CORCORANCorporal · October 17, 1966
- GARETH JOHN DEALSpecialist Five · October 17, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEBARBERSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGONAGLESergeant · October 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS DEBARBERSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 81
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGONAGLESergeant · Panel 11E, Line 81
- WILLIAM M HUBERTYPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 82
From Rome
- WILLIAM LEE COVINGTONLieutenant · January 7, 1969
- LEROY BOYD WEBBSecond Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAY FOWLERHospitalman · May 10, 1967
- THOMAS STEVEN JONESSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- JOHNNY EDWARD GANTTSergeant · March 26, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE SITTENLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- JOHN DAVID GOLLAHONLieutenant (junior grade) · June 30, 1968
- RICHARD LEE JUSTICELance Corporal · July 24, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINLEYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
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.