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WILLIS ALBERT TOOMES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 9, 1947 – September 21, 1968
Service recordWillis Albert Toomes, of Shawnee Mission, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 58
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Shawnee Mission, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 58
- MARVIN VINCENT BELLSpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
- RONALD ROBERT STROSCHEINCorporal · September 21, 1968
- DONALD LEE TEMPLETONCaptain · September 21, 1968
- THERMALL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BLAINE EDWARD CALLIHANPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 52
- DOUGLAS JAMES CAVINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 52
- THOMAS STORY JESTERSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 54
- JOHN ALBERT MCGEHEEPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 56
- THERMALL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 58
From Shawnee Mission
- RICHARD LYNN MOWREYLieutenant (junior grade) · December 14, 1966
- LARRY WYNN PETETTSecond Lieutenant · February 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE WALKER SCANLANPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- ROBERT ORAL GIRDNERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- GEORGE DAVIDSON STONEPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT BALESSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE GLYNNPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- JAMES GILBERT HUMPHREYSergeant · November 11, 1968
- LANNY JOHN WALLACEFirst Lieutenant · July 21, 1970
- CHARLES LEE HOSKINSCaptain · February 16, 1971
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.