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DAVID COLLIER WILLS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1942 – May 10, 1966
Service recordDavid Collier Wills JR, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 46
- WILLIE JEROME PEPPERS JRSergeant · May 10, 1966
- GUY RICHARD REEDPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- LEROY WALTER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOEL MELNICKPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 44
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 46
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.