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EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBY
Chief Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 30, 1921 – September 7, 1965
Service recordEarl Charles Willoughby, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Chief Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 7, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 77
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
- Chief Master Sergeant (CMSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 30, 1921
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1965
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 77
- RICHARD B FITZGIBBON JRTechnical Sergeant · June 8, 1956
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- RICHARD B FITZGIBBON IIILance Corporal · September 7, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- ORLAND ORRIN BEARWALDPrivate First Class · September 8, 1965
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
- JOHN LOWASPrivate · October 2, 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.