Peyton, William Allen
Army Specialist 5
William Allen Peyton, age 22, from Shipman, Illinois, Macoupin county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Eldorado High (1966)
Date of death: Thursday, May 7, 1970
Death details: Killed while his helicopter was making a troop insertion into Cambodia. The chopper was hit by ground fire and foeced to crash lane.
Source: National Archives