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LOYD MEREDITH WILLSON
Captain · U.S. Army
November 17, 1940 – February 22, 1968
Service recordLoyd Meredith Willson, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 71
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1940
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 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 40E, Line 71
- WESLEY LEE WOODFORDFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- EDWARD LLEWEL WORTHINGTONFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- EMIL JOHN WURTZHospitalman · February 22, 1968
- EDWARD ZAMORASpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JUDE CAVISSecond Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 58
- KENDALL HANSON CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 59
- THEODORE COAXUMSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 60
- EDWARD LLEWEL WORTHINGTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 71
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.