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WILLIE WHITFIELD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 18, 1947 – August 12, 1968
Service recordWillie Whitfield JR, of Columbus, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- December 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Mississippi (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 4
- JOSE ANTONIO MATOS-CORREAPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- HARLIN PERRY TREENMajor · August 12, 1968
- LONNIE JOSEPH TULLIERStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1968
- GERALD ANTHONY WILSONSpecialist Five · August 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH RAY BLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 50
- JAN VICTOR HENRICKSONSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 54
From Columbus
- BENJAMIN F LIDDELL IIIPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- JERRY DALE HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- KENNETH RAY CLOPTONSergeant · July 2, 1967
- LARRY HUSTON WALDENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JAMES EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · March 3, 1968
- FREEMAN BOLENSpecialist Four · March 31, 1968
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MOORESergeant · April 11, 1968
- ROBERT SAMUEL CLARK JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1968
- ROCKFORD GREY EVERETTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- ROY LEE HENLEYCorporal · September 22, 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.