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EDWARD ARLO WILLING
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 28, 1949 – July 21, 1968
Service recordEdward Arlo Willing, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on July 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Chief (2537)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D BTRY 2 BN 13 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 21, 1968
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 51W, Line 29
- LEONARD KEITH STEWARTCorporal · July 21, 1968
- RONALD DALE ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- JIMMY ARDELL AWALTLance Corporal · July 22, 1968
- LESTER ELWOOD BOWMAN JRSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 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.