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ERMIL LEE WHISMAN
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1929 – January 15, 1969
Service recordErmil Lee Whisman, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 12
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Officer (I) (0802)
- Born
- January 24, 1929
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 12
- MARVIN FRANCIS WEHRSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- WILLIAM LEVY WILBURN JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1969
- MARION WITHERSPOONSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- JAMES HENRY DIECKMANPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
From Lexington
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 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.