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WILLIE B CARY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 30, 1946 – July 21, 1966
Service recordWillie B Cary, of Brighton, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Brighton, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 51
- DAVID LOYALL BERRYSpecialist Four · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- STEPHEN KEITH DIBBSergeant · July 21, 1966
- DOUGLAS ROBERT FRENCHLance Corporal · July 21, 1966
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.