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WILLIE LEE JOE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 30, 1948 – June 6, 1969
Service recordWillie Lee Joe, of Bishopville, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 88
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Bishopville, South Carolina (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 88
- GARY ALLEN JONESSergeant · June 6, 1969
- NOEL FITZROY JOSEPHSSergeant · June 6, 1969
- MICHAEL S LAFROMBOISEFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1969
- DUANE HENRY LANDWEHR JRSecond Lieutenant · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY HULAN BARBEEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 82
- STEPHEN BURL GEURINPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 86
- PETER ALLEN LEHMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 89
- DANNY LYNN PARKERCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 91
- ERNESTO ROSARIO-SOTO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 92
- JAMES LOUIS TODTENBIERSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 93
From Bishopville
- HEYWARD WINDELL NEDDPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- MICHAEL RYAN MCLENDONLance Corporal · September 11, 1966
- RANDY MAYO DAVISStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1970
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.