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JIMMY WAYNE WILLEFORD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 28, 1945 – November 9, 1969
Service recordJimmy Wayne Willeford, of Dallas, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 51
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 51
- JAMES JOHN STROBLECorporal · November 9, 1969
- RUDY LEE BALDONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
- RICHARD LOUIS BARIGLIOSergeant First Class · November 10, 1969
- STEPHEN ERNEST BAYLESLance Corporal · November 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD GUROVICHCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 49
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.