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ROBERT EMERY WILLS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 20, 1947 – March 31, 1970
Service recordRobert Emery Wills, of Hollis Center, Maine, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Hollis Center, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 64
- JOHN SCOTT SPOHNPrivate First Class · March 31, 1970
- NEWTON LEE TAPPPrivate First Class · March 31, 1970
- BOBBY LEE BARKERCorporal · April 1, 1970
- BENJAMIN V CHILDRESS JRStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JACK RAE SMITHSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 63
From Hollis Center
- MILAN ELMER WHITTENPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- VAUGHAN SHAW MORGANSpecialist Four · August 30, 1967
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.