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WILLIAM ALLAN LILLUND
Major · U.S. Air Force
March 17, 1939 – October 4, 1967
Service recordWilliam Allan Lillund, of Fortuna, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on October 4, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 49
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Electronic Warfare Officer (1575A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 13 TFS
- Born
- March 17, 1939
- Home of record
- Fortuna, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 4, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “13 TFS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 27E, Line 49
- LAWRENCE GALLEGOFirst Lieutenant · October 4, 1967
- MORRIS LAROSCO MCDANIEL JRColonel · October 4, 1967
- WALTER WILLIAM MORGANLance Corporal · October 4, 1967
- ROLAND ALBERT NIELSENSpecialist Five · October 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MORRIS LAROSCO MCDANIEL JRColonel · Panel 27E, Line 49
From Fortuna
- GEORGE KENNETH COOKSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT KASKIStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1968
- DUANE ROSS DAVISPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- PHILIP DEAN SHARPCaptain · May 23, 1971
- CHARLES HOWARD SCHELLINGSpecialist Four · March 17, 1972
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.