Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: M Company, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Presidential Unit Citation, Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 3-Oct-1947
Hometown: Groton, South Dakota
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 20-Oct-1966
Start of tour: 22-Jan-1968
Incident date: 11-May-1968
Date of casualty: 11-May-1968
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Artillery/Mortar/Rocket. Artillery, rocket, or mortar.
William Ernest Pasch died from wounds and burns received while passenger in military vehicle on combat operation when vehicle hit by hostile rocket.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Groton Cemetery, Groton, South Dakota, USA
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