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RAYMOND CONLUIS WILLIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 27, 1950 – May 4, 1969
Service recordRaymond Conluis Willis, of Gadsden, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 4, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 3
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tracked Vehicle Repairer, Assault Amphibious Vehicle (2142)
- Born
- May 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Gadsden, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 3
- MILTON WILLIAM REMMLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 4, 1969
- JAMES LEE URNESPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- FRANCISCO VILLANUEVA JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- ARTHUR LEE WOODSPrivate · May 4, 1969
From Gadsden
- RICHARD DEWAYNE BEARDENPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
- LEWIS CECIL BARNARDSergeant · July 18, 1966
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- JIMMIE BRYSON DENNEYPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · October 12, 1966
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · March 21, 1967
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · August 9, 1967
- MELVIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
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.