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WILLIE JAMES WASHINGTON
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
June 15, 1950 – September 6, 1969
Service recordWillie James Washington, of Rockaway, New Jersey, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 52
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- June 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Rockaway, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 52
- STEVEN WAYNE WILSONSpecialist Four · September 6, 1969
- STEPHEN WALTER YOUNGSecond Lieutenant · September 6, 1969
- TOLLIE BAILEYCorporal · September 7, 1969
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BANKSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1969
From Rockaway
- DENNIS JOHN DEMICHAELPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- EDWARD A JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · February 25, 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.