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WILLIAM HENRY FILLION
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 18, 1951 – May 16, 1970
Service recordWilliam Henry Fillion, of Escanaba, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 18, 1951
- Home of record
- Escanaba, Michigan (Delta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
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 10W, Line 50
- WILLIAM BRADLEY DOUCETPetty Officer Second Class · May 16, 1970
- NEAL RAY FRANKSergeant · May 16, 1970
- CHARLES HENRY HAMILTONSergeant First Class · May 16, 1970
- NED RICHARD HEINTZFirst Lieutenant · May 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND FRANK CONTINOPrivate · Panel 10W, Line 49
- JERRY LEE COZADSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 49
- JAMES EDWARD CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 49
- CHARLES HENRY HAMILTONSergeant First Class · Panel 10W, Line 50
- WALTER LEE HUFFMANCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 51
- MICHAEL DALE DAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 52
- MATEO RUELASSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 54
- EMILIO CABRERA SUPNET JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 54
From Escanaba
- RICHARD ARNOLD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 7, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN MORASFireman · December 4, 1967
- BRUCE KEITH CRAIGPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- GARY EDWARD RUSHASpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- RICHARD KENNETH LEWISPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- JOHN FREDERICK PEPINSpecialist Four · August 13, 1971
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.