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WILLIE EDWARD MALONE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1947 – March 16, 1969
Service recordWillie Edward Malone JR, of Panhandle, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 54
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Panhandle, Texas (Carson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 54
- WILLIE JAMES KIRKSEYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1969
- DICKIE DEAN KOELL JRLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
- JAMES MARVIN LEEPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- MILFORD LOONEY JRPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MILFORD LOONEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 54
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.