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WILLIAM YANCEY HADLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 18, 1944 – December 4, 1967
Service recordWilliam Yancey Hadley, of Thomasville, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 35
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Thomasville, Georgia (Thomas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 35
- ADRIAN EALON HOWELLFireman · December 4, 1967
- JOHN JUAREZSergeant · December 4, 1967
- LOUIS FERDINAND KEEVENChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1967
- DOUGLAS JOHN KELLYCaptain · December 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM TERRY ALLENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 32
- THOMAS PAUL CIECURASpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 32
- OMER PAUL DICKERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 33
- WILLIAM ESSIE EMBRYPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 34
- ALBERT WILLIAM FRAZIERPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 34
- CLYDE MARVIN LEESpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 36
- WOLFGANG TONY OTTO MOHLSpecialist Five · Panel 31E, Line 37
- TODD TATE IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 39
From Thomasville
- FRANK THORNTON JRSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- LEROY ELTON JONESSergeant · December 21, 1965
- THOMAS DAVID CAMPBELLSergeant · May 29, 1966
- RALPH E MANNINGStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH PEARSONMajor · August 17, 1966
- TERRY MARTIN RIMESSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- EARL DANIELS JRStaff Sergeant · June 26, 1967
- LAWRENCE ALLEN WHITFIELDSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JOSEPH HARRISONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- WILLIE CHARLES SCOTTCorporal · February 12, 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.