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WILLIAM ALLEN JUSTICE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 12, 1941 – July 3, 1970
Service recordWilliam Allen Justice, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 3, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 116
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 12, 1941
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1970. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 116
- JAMES EDWARD OLINGER JRSergeant · July 3, 1970
- JOHN WILSON OWENSpecialist Four · July 3, 1970
- DONNIE HOWARD RUSSELLSergeant · July 3, 1970
- TERRY LEE SANDERSSpecialist Four · July 3, 1970
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.