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WILLIE SUMMERVILLE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 7, 1947 – February 5, 1969
Service recordWillie Summerville JR, of Greenville, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 69
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenville, Mississippi (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 69
- DARYL GENE SCALFSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- HUGH LESLIE SHERBURNTechnical Sergeant · February 5, 1969
- JOHN WAYNE SPAFFORDSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- PAUL EUGENE SWIGART JRLieutenant (junior grade) · February 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD HARLEY BURKHARTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 33W, Line 61
- JAMES LEONARD FRANCISCOPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 62
- FRED ALLEN NEUBAUERPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 66
- CHARLES ROBERT OSTEENStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 67
- WILLIAM JACKIE PRYORCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 68
- JULIAN CABRAL RIVERAPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 68
- DARYL GENE SCALFSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 69
From Greenville
- LAWRENCE BEVERLY MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- RANDOLPH DAVISSergeant · November 3, 1966
- ANTHONY THOMASSpecialist Four · February 9, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK QUINNSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- THOMAS MURL JAGGERSCorporal · May 4, 1967
- CHARLES MILTONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- LEROY WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1967
- THOMAS BARRY ALLENSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- JERRY W ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1968
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.