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JOE HENRY LILLIE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 13, 1949 – January 10, 1971
Service recordJoe Henry Lillie, of Perrine, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 38
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Perrine, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 38
- PHILIP J ADAMSSpecialist Four · January 9, 1971
- STEPHEN PAUL KRUGSpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
- CORNELIUS HERBERT RAMMajor · January 10, 1971
- JACKIE LEE SAWNEYSpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
- JAMES TERRY ABBOTTSpecialist Six · January 11, 1971
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.