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LARRY WAYNE WILLIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 24, 1948 – June 26, 1969
Service recordLarry Wayne Willis, of Russellville, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 21
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Russellville, Alabama (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 21
- ROBERT KEITH WITTMANPrivate First Class · June 26, 1969
- RONALD RALPH BEAMANCaptain · June 27, 1969
- HAMMETT LEE BOWEN JRStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1969
- WILLIAM CLAYTON HACKETTStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1969
From Russellville
- CLINTON E CROFFORDStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1967
- ROBERT LEWIS MCGEE JRSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- DENNIS LAVERNE ENGLISHPrivate · August 21, 1969
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.