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WILLARD CLINTON DEBOLT
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 14, 1949 – March 31, 1970
Service recordWillard Clinton Debolt, of Warsaw, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 62
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Warsaw, Indiana (Kosciusko County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 62
- PAUL THOMAS BURRIERSpecialist Four · March 31, 1970
- ROBERT HARRY FENNELLCaptain · March 31, 1970
- DAVID HUGH HARLOWSergeant · March 31, 1970
- HARRY ELLIS HAYESFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND C MEEKINSSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 63
From Warsaw
- ROBERT EUGENE TAYLORSergeant · November 5, 1966
- RUSSELL ARDEN POORLieutenant Colonel · February 4, 1967
- JAMES LEE FOREMANSergeant · May 18, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE NELLANSMajor · September 17, 1967
- CHARLES LYNN BANEYSergeant · October 15, 1967
- PHILLIP LANS LACKEYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN RANDALL SRPrivate First Class · October 21, 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.