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JAMES MONROE WILLARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 28, 1950 – September 16, 1969
Service recordJames Monroe Willard, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 99
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 99
- THEODORE WOOD WEBBSecond Lieutenant · September 16, 1969
- ROBSON WARD WILLSFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1969
- WILLARD EUGENE WILSONSergeant · September 16, 1969
- LESLIE MORGAN ALYHospitalman · September 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWIN CARTERCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 93
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.