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WILLIE JAMES ANGUS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 15, 1942 – February 2, 1968
Service recordWillie James Angus, of Columbia, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Columbia, Tennessee (Maury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
He died in Long Khanh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 64
- CHARLES LEROY ADKINSSergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- KENNETH JOHN AINSWORTHSpecialist Five · February 2, 1968
- RODNEY ARTHUR ALFANOFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM ALLEN JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCISCO MACHADO JRCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 78
- FELIX ALVARDO RUIZSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 84
From Columbia
- JAMES T LOCKRIDGECorporal · June 12, 1966
- WILLIAM EUGENE HARGROVESpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- FRANK NELSON UZZELLPrivate · January 27, 1968
- NED RAYBURN BROWNSergeant · February 24, 1968
- JERRY GLEN BRIDGESStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1968
- ROBERT LEE THOMASSergeant · May 4, 1969
- WILLIAM CALVIN BIFFLEPrivate First Class · September 20, 1969
- WILLIE DEWITT ARMSSergeant · May 7, 1970
- MITCHELL ODELL BARNESSergeant · May 30, 1971
- EDWARD LOUIS HIMESSergeant · October 26, 1971
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.