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THOMAS MURTEN WILLIS
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
October 3, 1946 – June 5, 1967
Service recordThomas Murten Willis, of Mccall, Idaho, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 5, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 59
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Mccall, Idaho (Valley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 59
- TERRY RUSSELL MCCOMBSpecialist Four · June 5, 1967
- JAMES WAYNE RAMAGEPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- STEPHEN W SOKALSKY JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- GRANT CARL TAYLORPrivate · June 5, 1967
From Mccall
- MERVIN DENNIS GOLDENStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1968
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.