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JOEL THOMAS WILLIS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 3, 1944 – June 11, 1967
Service recordJoel Thomas Willis, of Lodi, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 93
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Lodi, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 93
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- JOSE HILARIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- SERGIO EDITH ALBERTSergeant · June 12, 1967
- RONALD LEE ELZAPrivate First Class · June 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALAN BRILEYAPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 86
- ERASMO CAMARGO CASTILLOCaptain · Panel 21E, Line 86
- EDWARD JEROME COLSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 87
- EDWARD ROY LUKERTSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 90
From Lodi
- JAMES J LABARBERPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- DENNIS CRAIG WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- WAYNE ROBERT BARTHLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD HEILSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- MARK EDWARD HODELConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- BRENT JOHN BERTSCHSpecialist Five · May 17, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD NORDELL JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- GARRY LEE KUBLERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- JOHN ELDON LOCKHORST JRCorporal · March 8, 1970
- CURTIS EDWIN STELZERCorporal · June 29, 1970
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.