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ROY SHANNON WILLS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 6, 1950 – July 14, 1969
Service recordRoy Shannon Wills, of Brush Creek, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 122
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Brush Creek, Tennessee (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 122
- DAVID CARL TOBIEPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TROYAN JRCorporal · July 14, 1969
- RALPH ALVIN WELLINGHOFFCorporal · July 14, 1969
- TIMOTHY GENE CARTERLance Corporal · July 15, 1969
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.