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WILLIE JAMES FLEMING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 24, 1949 – October 15, 1970
Service recordWillie James Fleming, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 2
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
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 2 BN 94 ARTY 101 ABN DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 October 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 2
- KERRY RAY GOSSMANPrivate First Class · October 15, 1970
- JOE RAYMOND ROBERTS JRSergeant · October 15, 1970
- JONATHAN CAMERON SHINEFirst Lieutenant · October 15, 1970
- ALLEN JAY SMITHCorporal · October 15, 1970
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.