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HUGH GREY WILLARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 27, 1944 – December 23, 1967
Service recordHugh Grey Willard, of Orangeburg, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 50
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Orangeburg, South Carolina (Orangeburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- 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 December 23, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 50
- JOE EDDIE CARTERSpecialist Four · December 23, 1967
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DINAPOLISeaman · December 23, 1967
- CARL RAYMOND GOODFELLOWPetty Officer Second Class · December 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD E BOURNECaptain · Panel 32E, Line 49
- HOUSTON GRANT JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 51
- ROBERT RAYMOND JACKEMEYERMajor · Panel 32E, Line 51
- BOBBY JOE LAWRENCESergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 54
From Orangeburg
- ANDERSON HAROLD KEYPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
- JAMES WALTER SANFORDPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT PENDARVISSpecialist Four · June 29, 1967
- JOHN WILLIE LUCASSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- EDWARD LOUIS WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS GRANTPlatoon Sergeant · December 8, 1967
- RICHARD WORRELL KAPP JRSecond Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE BACOTCorporal · March 24, 1968
- KENNETH BRUCE JENKINSCaptain · September 6, 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.