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JOHN GUSTAVE WILLEMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 2, 1948 – September 3, 1969
Service recordJohn Gustave Willems, of Hilbert, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 28
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Hilbert, Wisconsin (Calumet County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 28
- LEN MARTIN HANAWALDLieutenant Colonel · September 3, 1969
- DAVID RUSSELL HANNAWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1969
- CARL PATRICK HUGHESWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1969
- DEAN RICHARD LANGEChief Warrant Officer 3 · September 3, 1969
- ALAN CARSON MANESSWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1969
From Hilbert
- MARVIN NORBERT PROPSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- BERNARD AMBROSE PROPSONSergeant · September 5, 1969
- JAMES NICHOLAS DIEDRICHPrivate First Class · February 18, 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.