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DONALD MORRIS WILLEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 16, 1932 – February 4, 1968
Service recordDonald Morris Willey, of East Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 29
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1932
- Home of record
- East Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương 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 37E, Line 29
- WAYNE ARTHUR WASHBURNLance Corporal · February 4, 1968
- PATRICK A WHITLOCKSergeant · February 4, 1968
- JOHN DAVIS WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- ROY LEE WINERPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY JOE BLACKSTENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 18
- CLYDE RONALD MENZStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 25
From East Hartford
- GERALD HILAND STEWARTPrivate First Class · December 6, 1966
- ALLEN JAYSON ROYLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROLAND ROBERT LAFONDCorporal · May 2, 1968
- RICHARD EDWIN PALOWSKISergeant · August 3, 1968
- JAMES WALTER SINCEREPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES RIGGSPrivate First Class · January 24, 1969
- KENNETH ANTHONY LAVINE JRPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- ROBERT JON BEAMANPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- ALEXANDER CAMERON BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · November 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.