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WILLARD SPENCER LUND
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 30, 1946 – March 18, 1969
Service recordWillard Spencer Lund, of Bayport, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 70
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Bayport, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 70
- JIMMY LEE LARSENSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- DANNY RAY MACKSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- DANNY JOE MAGGARDLance Corporal · March 18, 1969
- RICHARD HAROLD MEHEGANSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARDY EUGENE CALLOWAYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 66
- DANNY RAY MACKSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 70
From Bayport
- ALAN FRANCIS SCHAEFERStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- THOMAS CHARLES BURKEFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1970
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.