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WILLIE ROSS VARNEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 18, 1949 – May 15, 1968
Service recordWillie Ross Varney, of Aberdeen, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Aberdeen, Maryland (Harford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 4
- DONALD FRANCIS VOGELSpecialist Four · May 15, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM WEBBPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- FRANCIS MARION WEBSTERSpecialist Four · May 15, 1968
- ROBERT WILKS WESTSpecialist Four · May 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE EDWARD ALSTONSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 17
- ANDREW JOSEPH BRINZO IIISpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 19
- MICHAEL THEODORE DRYDENSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 21
- RANDOLPH PHILLIP ESTRADACorporal · Panel 60E, Line 22
- FRED WILLIAM MORRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 26
- FRANCIS MARION WEBSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 4
- RONALD LEE WIGFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 5
From Aberdeen
- CHARLES NIVEN RUDDLance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- GERALD LEE CALLPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- JOHN DENNIS MORRISSEYCorporal · June 30, 1969
- THOMAS EUGENE PRITTPrivate First Class · May 28, 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.