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KENNETH EUGENE WILLARD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 21, 1946 – March 18, 1968
Service recordKenneth Eugene Willard JR, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
82 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương 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.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 32
- GARRY EUGENE KINGStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1968
- HOWARD KEITH WILLIAMSLieutenant Colonel · March 18, 1968
- CLINTON CARL WUSTERBARTHCorporal · March 18, 1968
- DAVID HUGH WYRICKLieutenant · March 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LEE FITZSIMMONSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45E, Line 21
- THEODORE LEO ZAWISZASpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 33
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.