CPL E4 (posthumous promotion). KIA. Battery B, 1st Battalion, 5th Artillery, U.S. Army. Among his awards were the Bronze Star and Purple Heart Medals.
CPL Darden was featured in the June 27, 1969 LIFE magazine cover story entitled "The Faces of the American Dead in Vietnam: One Week's Toll."
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall: Panel 24W, Line 093.∼Son of Hilliard and Emma Kate Darden, Lanett, AL.
Army (Selective Service)
Corporal (Posthumous Promotion), Field Artillery Basic.
B Battery, 1st Battalion, 5th Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.
Accidental death. Premature detonation at Fire Support Base Thunder II,
17 km North of Lai Khe, Binh Long Province, South Vietnam.
Bronze Star (Merit)
Purple Heart
Army Commendation Medal
Army Good Conduct Medal
Vietnam Wall Panel 24W, Line 093
(Information: Vietnam Wall of Faces, Coffelt Database)
CPL Darden was featured in the June 27, 1969 LIFE magazine cover story entitled "The Faces of the American Dead in Vietnam: One Week's Toll."
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall: Panel 24W, Line 093.∼Son of Hilliard and Emma Kate Darden, Lanett, AL.
Army (Selective Service)
Corporal (Posthumous Promotion), Field Artillery Basic.
B Battery, 1st Battalion, 5th Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.
Accidental death. Premature detonation at Fire Support Base Thunder II,
17 km North of Lai Khe, Binh Long Province, South Vietnam.
Bronze Star (Merit)
Purple Heart
Army Commendation Medal
Army Good Conduct Medal
Vietnam Wall Panel 24W, Line 093
(Information: Vietnam Wall of Faces, Coffelt Database)
CPL E4 (posthumous promotion). KIA. Battery B, 1st Battalion, 5th Artillery, U.S. Army. Among his awards were the Bronze Star and Purple Heart Medals.
CPL Darden was featured in the June 27, 1969 LIFE magazine cover story entitled "The Faces of the American Dead in Vietnam: One Week's Toll."
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall: Panel 24W, Line 093.∼Son of Hilliard and Emma Kate Darden, Lanett, AL.
Army (Selective Service)
Corporal (Posthumous Promotion), Field Artillery Basic.
B Battery, 1st Battalion, 5th Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.
Accidental death. Premature detonation at Fire Support Base Thunder II,
17 km North of Lai Khe, Binh Long Province, South Vietnam.
Bronze Star (Merit)
Purple Heart
Army Commendation Medal
Army Good Conduct Medal
Vietnam Wall Panel 24W, Line 093
(Information: Vietnam Wall of Faces, Coffelt Database)
CPL Darden was featured in the June 27, 1969 LIFE magazine cover story entitled "The Faces of the American Dead in Vietnam: One Week's Toll."
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall: Panel 24W, Line 093.∼Son of Hilliard and Emma Kate Darden, Lanett, AL.
Army (Selective Service)
Corporal (Posthumous Promotion), Field Artillery Basic.
B Battery, 1st Battalion, 5th Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.
Accidental death. Premature detonation at Fire Support Base Thunder II,
17 km North of Lai Khe, Binh Long Province, South Vietnam.
Bronze Star (Merit)
Purple Heart
Army Commendation Medal
Army Good Conduct Medal
Vietnam Wall Panel 24W, Line 093
(Information: Vietnam Wall of Faces, Coffelt Database)
Inscription
WILLIAM H DARDEN
ALABAMA
CPL BTRY B 5 ARTY 1 INF DIV
VIETNAM BSM - ARCOM - PH
AUG 19 1948 MAY 24 1969
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