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JAMES RONALD WILLIS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 14, 1947 – August 1, 1968
Service recordJames Ronald Willis, of Carson City, Nevada, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 43
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Carson City, Nevada (Carson City (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 43
- DAVID LEE HOPKINSSecond Lieutenant · August 1, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE HOWELance Corporal · August 1, 1968
- JAMES HOWARD JONESLance Corporal · August 1, 1968
- GUADALUPE MENDOZA LEALPrivate First Class · August 1, 1968
From Carson City
- MICHAEL ANTHONY BODAMERPetty Officer Third Class · May 19, 1967
- DAVID LEROY COLLINSCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANNY LEE SMOTHERSSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
- DANIEL LEVERNE ACKERMANSergeant · April 10, 1968
- FREDERICK HERB WHITTEMORECommander · April 11, 1968
- KEITH DEGERO TAYLORLance Corporal · June 18, 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.