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WILLIE DOWLING JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 6, 1947 – March 11, 1967
Service recordWillie Dowling JR, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 57
- MIKE ARMENDAREZPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- DENNIS JOHN DEMICHAELPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN DOWNINGSergeant · March 11, 1967
- FORREST DEAN HOEMEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD HARDING BALLARDCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 56
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 56
- FORREST DEAN HOEMEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 57
- FRANK CARL ESPOSITOPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 58
- LARRY L HOBBSCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 59
- JAMES TOSHI KAJIWARASergeant · Panel 16E, Line 60
- JAMES MICHAEL KENDRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 61
- RONALD LEE MANLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 62
- JOHN DARRELL NOKESPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 62
- CHESTER KEITH NUESSECorporal · Panel 16E, Line 64
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 64
- ROLAND JUNIOR SHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 65
- GALE KURK VOGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 66
- ROBERT CARL VOLTZPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 66
From Trenton
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN DONALD OSSMENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- HARRY EDWARD WAGNERLance Corporal · April 5, 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.