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RICHARD JAMES WILLETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 20, 1943 – August 5, 1966
Service recordRichard James Willett, of Citrus Heights, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 107
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Citrus Heights, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 107
- TYRONE GREGORY BURSEPrivate First Class · August 5, 1966
- GERALD VERNON EPPLEYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- DOUGLAS ANDREW JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- CARL FREDRICK MEIERPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
From Citrus Heights
- DANIEL CHARLES FOWLERPlatoon Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- LARRIE JACK GOTCHERSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT JAMESPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- DONALD ROBERT GLASSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- STEPHEN MICHAEL FRYLance Corporal · April 12, 1969
- JERRY KEITH BOBBITTSergeant · April 1, 1971
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.