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WILLARD DELONG JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 29, 1950 – September 27, 1969
Service recordWillard Delong JR, of Enon, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Enon, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 12
- ALLAN THEO ASLETTPrivate First Class · September 27, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD BITTNER JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1969
- MARK LARRY BROWNSpecialist Four · September 27, 1969
- RICHARD ALOYSIUS CARABBALance Corporal · September 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TOMMY ROY THOMASSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 13
From Enon
- HARLEY BOYD PYLESColonel · October 18, 1965
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.