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HINEY WILLIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 4, 1944 – September 25, 1968
Service recordHiney Willis, of Houston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 14
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 14
- CURTIS LEE BATTONLance Corporal · September 25, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SEBASTIANCorporal · September 25, 1968
- EVERETT HAROLD SMITH JRSpecialist Four · September 25, 1968
- MICHEL KENT SUBLETTCorporal · September 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARK ALLEN ELLSWORTHSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 11
- MICHEL KENT SUBLETTCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 14
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.