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WILLIE LEE BROADNAX
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 31, 1946 – November 21, 1967
Service recordWillie Lee Broadnax, of Jackson, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 21, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 55
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 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Jackson, North Carolina (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 30E, Line 55
- HAROLD ERVIN CUMBIEMaster Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- FRED RICHARD DODECorporal · November 21, 1967
- KINNETH GLENN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- NORMAN ROBERT GOBLESpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
From Jackson
- LINWOOD RAY CUMBOPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
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.