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ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 10, 1948 – August 25, 1967
Service recordEldon Wayne Willingham, of Santa Maria, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Maria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 45
- CARSON LEO WHALEY JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- FILBERTO AGUIRRE JRPetty Officer Third Class · August 26, 1967
- JOHN JERALD ALMANZAPrivate First Class · August 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PERCY BEASLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 41
- PAUL DOANE CARAMELLAPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 41
- DENZIL MASON CARDER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 41
- CHARLES REGINALD FERRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 42
- ALLEN LEE JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 42
- GEORGE LEONARD MILANPrivate · Panel 25E, Line 43
- LARRY JAMES MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 44
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 44
- CARSON LEO WHALEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 45
From Santa Maria
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- ALFRED ROBERT SAPINOSASpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
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.