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WILLIE DAVIS MCNEIL
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 6, 1950 – November 17, 1969
Service recordWillie Davis McNeil, of Olive Branch, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 89
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Olive Branch, Mississippi (De Soto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 89
- BRIAN LEWIS LONGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- MICHAEL ANTHONY PASTORINOSpecialist Four · November 17, 1969
- DUANE KENNETH PETERSONSergeant · November 17, 1969
- CHARLES ROBERT PITTINGERPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
From Olive Branch
- NATHANIEL WYLEYSpecialist Four · November 8, 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.