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WILLIAM SHERRILL WILLIS
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
August 18, 1933 – April 4, 1975
Service recordWilliam Sherrill Willis, of Coats, North Carolina, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 4, 1975, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 122
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Operations Officer (1425J)
- Born
- August 18, 1933
- Home of record
- Coats, North Carolina (Harnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1975
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1975; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1975, 16 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 122
- JAMES K HURLEYStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1975
- MARY THERESE KLINKERCaptain · April 4, 1975
- FELIZARDO CUENCA AGUILLONTechnical Sergeant · April 9, 1975
- DONALD THOMAS DIONNE SRStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1975
From Coats
- DONALD DAVID STEWARTStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BRICE PARNELLStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1966
- DONNY RAE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- LARRY D MCKOYCorporal · July 12, 1969
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.