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ROBSON WARD WILLS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 13, 1946 – September 16, 1969
Service recordRobson Ward Wills, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 99
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 13, 1946
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 99
- THEODORE WOOD WEBBSecond Lieutenant · September 16, 1969
- JAMES MONROE WILLARDSergeant · September 16, 1969
- WILLARD EUGENE WILSONSergeant · September 16, 1969
- LESLIE MORGAN ALYHospitalman · September 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WAYNE PEASECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 97
- WILLARD EUGENE WILSONSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 99
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.