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WILLIAM EARL WILLINGHAM
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 5, 1940 – September 30, 1967
Service recordWilliam Earl Willingham, of Charles Town, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 35
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1940
- Home of record
- Charles Town, West Virginia (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 35
- WALTER VIEREGGE IIIPrivate First Class · September 30, 1967
- WILLIAM HAROLD WALTERSSpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- JOSE FRANCISCO ACOSTACorporal · October 1, 1967
- CARROLL MARSHALL JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · October 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JAMES FRANCISSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 33
From Charles Town
- GEORGE SENSENY EYSTER JRLieutenant Colonel · January 14, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE DILLOWSpecialist Four · April 8, 1968
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.