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ALAN WAYNE WILLARD
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 1, 1947 – February 18, 1968
Service recordAlan Wayne Willard, of Franklin, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 18, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 16
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Franklin, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 16
- CLIFFORD WAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- DANIEL WILLIAMS IIISergeant · February 18, 1968
- NOEL DEAN WILLIAMSWarrant Officer 1 · February 18, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALLEN YOUNGLance Corporal · February 18, 1968
From Franklin
- NICHOLAS S CONAXISPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE E GARRON JRLance Corporal · September 21, 1968
- RICHARD LINCOLN DESPERLance Corporal · February 26, 1969
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.