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WILLIAM ELLYN FOLLON
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 17, 1946 – February 2, 1970
Service recordWilliam Ellyn Follon, of Everly, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 2, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 93
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Everly, Iowa (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 93
- TERRY ADAM BRYSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD DIAMONDPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
- GERALD LEE GARDNERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
- JOHN DAVID GUILLENCorporal · February 2, 1970
From Everly
- ARNOLD EDWIN HENRY LOHSEPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
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.