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WILLIAM WESLEY NOETZEL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 19, 1949 – April 25, 1970
Service recordWilliam Wesley Noetzel, of Lutherville, Maryland, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Lutherville, Maryland (Baltimore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 51
- CHARLES K HACKETT JRCaptain · April 25, 1970
- JOHN RICHARD MATTOXPrivate First Class · April 25, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MAYBERRYSergeant · April 25, 1970
- WILLIAM RUSSELL MCKIBBENCaptain · April 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN DALE ADKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 48
- ROBERT LIVINGSTON PIERCEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 52
From Lutherville
- CHARLES JOSEPH ARMSTRONGWarrant Officer 1 · November 24, 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.