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JOHN DAVIS WILLINGHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 14, 1936 – February 4, 1968
Service recordJohn Davis Willingham, of Salisbury, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 29
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 14, 1936
- Home of record
- Salisbury, Maryland (Wicomico County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 37E, Line 29
- WAYNE ARTHUR WASHBURNLance Corporal · February 4, 1968
- PATRICK A WHITLOCKSergeant · February 4, 1968
- DONALD MORRIS WILLEYStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- ROY LEE WINERPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN ALLEN MONDRAGONSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 25
From Salisbury
- BARRIE VANE BARNESSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CHARLES WALTER PARSONSStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1966
- JACK HOWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- DON LEE SHOCKLEYLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- GEORGE THOMAS POWELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PARKER IIIPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- ELMER NEAL DAVISPrivate · September 19, 1967
- ERNEST ARTHUR OLDSColonel · March 11, 1968
- GARY LEE BOUNDSPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- CECIL VAUGHN EVANSStaff Sergeant · September 7, 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.