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--- General / Personal ---
Last name: PASCH
First name: WILLIAM ERNEST
Home of Record (official): GROTON
State (official): SD
Date of Birth: Friday, October 3, 1947
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: SP4
Serial Number: 55894732
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E4
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11B20
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
M Company 3rd Squadron
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Monday, January 22, 1968
Date of Casualty: Saturday, May 11, 1968
Age at time of loss: 20
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Artillery, rocket, mortar (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Binh Duong
The Wall: Panel 58E - Row 024
--- Interment ---
Groton Cemetery,
Groton, SD