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WILLARD THOMAS REDMOND
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 15, 1937 – July 18, 1968
Service recordWillard Thomas Redmond, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1937
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 7
- ANTHONY FRANCIS MCNELLISMaster Sergeant · July 18, 1968
- RONNIE GENE MOORESpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- RONALD JOSEPH PUSKARCIKPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- RONALD CARL ROSSStaff Sergeant · July 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE TYREE FRIERSONSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 4
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
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.