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DAVID WILLIAM LILLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 20, 1951 – January 9, 1971
Service recordDavid William Lilley, of Coventry, Rhode Island, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 20, 1951
- Home of record
- Coventry, Rhode Island (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 35
- DENNIS RAY WATTERSONStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1971
- BENNIE FRANK JONESPrivate First Class · January 9, 1971
- LOUIS PAYNE SRStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1971
- CLINTON CURTIS ROBINSONSpecialist Four · January 9, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CRAIG ALAN SYSAKCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 36
- GORDON LEE WIRTH JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 36
- WILLARD EVERETT WOODYSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 36
From Coventry
- JOHN JOSEPH APPOLONIAPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- KENNETH OSCAR PALMERSergeant First Class · June 13, 1968
- DANIEL RAYMOND NELSONPrivate First Class · June 23, 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.