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WILLIE FIELDS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 24, 1941 – August 7, 1968
Service recordWillie Fields JR, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1941
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 23
- THOMAS JOSEPH BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES HANNIGANSergeant · August 7, 1968
- DANA ALAN HARRISONLance Corporal · August 7, 1968
- ANTHONY HEINCorporal · August 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LYMAN BALDWINPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 21
- MALCOLM MARCELLIN ESPARZASpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 21
- JOSE CELSO DEJESUS-COLONPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 22
- DAVID RAY HOWARDCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 22
- TIMOTHY CHARLES HANNIGANSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 23
- WILLIAM EARL MCDAVIDSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 25
- NICHOLAS LEE SCHROEDERCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 26
- JOHN RICHARD SHEROKE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 26
- BEN WESLEY STEPHENSSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 26
- WILLIAM J THIESFELDT-COLLAZOSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 27
- JAMES EARL TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 27
- WALTER LEE WALLSPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 27
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.