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WILLIE LEE EARNEST
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 28, 1933 – December 17, 1966
Service recordWillie Lee Earnest, of Sunflower, Mississippi, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 28, 1933
- Home of record
- Sunflower, Mississippi (Sunflower County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 51
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- DENNIS KEITH ERDOSSpecialist Four · December 17, 1966
- ELLIS CASIANO ESPINOSASergeant First Class · December 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY DAVID EWINGPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CEASAR BRYANTSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 49
- RICHARD LEE CAROTHERSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 49
- HOWARD CHISHOLMSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 50
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 50
- CHESTER GARVIS COXFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 50
- JACK JOE DEATONCorporal · Panel 13E, Line 50
- EDDIE DEAN HOLLANDSWORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 50
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 51
- DENNIS KEITH ERDOSSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 51
- ELLIS CASIANO ESPINOSASergeant First Class · Panel 13E, Line 51
- TIMOTHY DAVID EWINGPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 51
- ANTONIO GARCIASergeant · Panel 13E, Line 52
- JESSIE YUTZE GOMEZSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 52
- JULIUS GREATHOUSE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 52
- JOHN ELIA HORNPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 52
- ARNOLD MELVIN HULLPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 53
- RONALD JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 53
- ALTON RAY KENNEDYCorporal · Panel 13E, Line 53
- DONALD J LEEMHUISPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 54
- JOE LEE LEMONSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 54
- ANGEL RAFAEL LUNAPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 54
- CHARLES HENRY MCCLENNAHANPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 54
- HENRY J NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 54
- RAYMOND DENNIS OLZAKPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 55
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.