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WILLIE VANN GOREE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 21, 1947 – October 17, 1967
Service recordWillie Vann Goree, of Crossett, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 24
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Crossett, Arkansas (Ashley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- 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 October 17, 1967; 62 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 24
- ARTURO GARCIASpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- MELESSO GARCIAPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- STANLEY DONALD GILBERTSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- VERLAND ANSEL GILBERTSONSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER ERV HERDERICKSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 25
- RAYMOND BENJAMIN MINUSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 28
- ANTHONY JOSEPH VAICKUS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 32
From Crossett
- CHARLES EDWARD BOSTONSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- PAUL ALVIN HARRISONCorporal · May 2, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE GREENECorporal · July 4, 1968
- HAMPTON A ETHERIDGE IIICaptain · July 15, 1969
- ROY TOM TABLERCaptain · December 27, 1972
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.