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JAMES ROBERT WILLEFORD
Seaman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
January 5, 1947 – November 28, 1966
Service recordJames Robert Willeford, of Hartford, Illinois, served as a Seaman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman Apprentice (SA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS NYE COUNTY LST 1067
- Born
- January 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Hartford, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 128
- GERALD OSCAR TOYPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- WILBERT WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · November 28, 1966
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER BARONOWSKILance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- LINUS GERARD K CHOCKCaptain · November 29, 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.