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THOMAS ALAN WILLARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 27, 1948 – June 18, 1969
Service recordThomas Alan Willard, of Farmington, New Hampshire, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 83
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Farmington, New Hampshire (Strafford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 83
- GARY CHARLES SALANITROWarrant Officer 1 · June 18, 1969
- SOLOMON EUGENE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- EUGENE KENNETH WALLACEStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1969
- DIETER ERIC WILLERTSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
From Farmington
- ROBERT PAUL TITCOMBCorporal · September 9, 1969
- JOHN WINSLOW LAWRENCE JRMajor · September 16, 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.