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WILLIE ELSWORTH H HONAKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 5, 1940 – September 5, 1965
Service recordWillie Elsworth H Honaker, of Clarksville, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 75
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 5, 1940
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Indiana (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 75
- JAMES ALVIN BRANCHLieutenant Colonel · September 4, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- LAWRENCE EDWARD JACKSONSergeant · September 5, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
From Clarksville
- MICHAEL RAY ROMMELPrivate First Class · February 27, 1969
- HENRY C ETTEL JRLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
- HERBERT LOGSDON JRCorporal · June 28, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS MCDANIELCorporal · July 27, 1969
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.