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WILLIS M SULLIVAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 24, 1941 – June 16, 1967
Service recordWillis M Sullivan JR, of Youngsville, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1941
- Home of record
- Youngsville, Pennsylvania (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 116
- JOHN ANDREW SICKLESSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- MICHAEL TERRY URSERYSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD VICICHPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- RICHARD ANDREW ANDERSONPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PORFIRIO ELIAS ELIASPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 111
- RANDY MICKEL MINORSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 113
- LAWRENCE HOWARD MITCHELLSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 113
- GEORGE MAURICE ODONNELLPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 114
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.