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HOWARD K WILLHITE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 24, 1951 – February 17, 1971
Service recordHoward K Willhite JR, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 113
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 24, 1951
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 113
- MICHAEL PATRICK DAMONCorporal · February 17, 1971
- TIMOTHY VAUGHN HARPERStaff Sergeant · February 17, 1971
- JOHN DAVID HODGESpecialist Four · February 17, 1971
- RICHARD ERWIN STUDIERPrivate · February 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM R HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 114
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 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.