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DONNIS GLEN WILLIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 7, 1949 – March 26, 1969
Service recordDonnis Glen Willis, of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 55
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Winthrop Harbor, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 55
- ROBERT OLIVER WELLSSergeant · March 26, 1969
- STEVE RANDAL WHITAKERPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- LAWRENCE M WILHELM JRStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1969
- JOSEPH F WILLISFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL KENNETH HINKELPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 47
- JAMES LEE LOCKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 49
- RAND RUSSELL MERKERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 50
- DAVID STONESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 53
- RONALD WINSTON THOMPKINSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 54
From Winthrop Harbor
- MICHAEL DONN SCHATZLEYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- JAMES CLYDE WISKURPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- LEONARD JAMES CARTERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
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.