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WILLIE DURANT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 20, 1949 – January 17, 1968
Service recordWillie Durant, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 62
- ROBERT LANSING BURRELLSpecialist Four · January 17, 1968
- DONALD LEE CHANEYSergeant First Class · January 17, 1968
- PAUL JOHN GREENWOODSpecialist Four · January 17, 1968
- RONALD LEE STROOMERPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERLEY AYER JRSergeant First Class · Panel 34E, Line 61
- RONALD LEE STROOMERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 62
- KENNETH RAY BELSARPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 65
- MIKE RALPH VELASCOSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 65
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.