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WILLIE FRED DAIL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 4, 1948 – December 31, 1967
Service recordWillie Fred Dail JR, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 31, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 7
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 7
- DICKEY CHAMBLEESpecialist Four · December 31, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES CHENEYWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1967
- EDWARD ALTON COMBSSpecialist Four · December 31, 1967
- DAVID LEE DROUGHTSergeant · December 31, 1967
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.