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KENNETH MAX WILLIS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
June 10, 1938 – July 16, 1969
Service recordKenneth Max Willis, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 6
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Cargo Helicopter Pilot (100C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 AVN CO 268 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 10, 1938
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “196 AVN CO 268 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 6
- JAMES VERNON DAWSONCaptain · July 16, 1969
- ROBERT GLENN EASTONPetty Officer Second Class · July 16, 1969
- JAMES MARTIN FLEMINGPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
- RONALD ALVIN HOFFSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACK LEON PRICESecond Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 8
- ELWIN EARL SINGLETONSpecialist Five · Panel 20W, Line 9
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1966
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.