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WILLIS CORMIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 19, 1948 – March 22, 1969
Service recordWillis Cormier, of Pattison, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 9
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Pattison, Texas (Waller County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 9
- CLARENCE HENRY BOOLINSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- JOHN RALPH BRANDBORGSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- TONY LEE BUHOLTZFirst Lieutenant · March 22, 1969
- ALBERT CHARLES BUTLERLieutenant Colonel · March 22, 1969
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.