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WILMER JAY WILLINGHAM
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 3, 1941 – October 30, 1966
Service recordWilmer Jay Willingham, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 131
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 155 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 3, 1941
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “155 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 131
- LINZA NORRISPrivate First Class · October 30, 1966
- CHARLES WARREN SMITHSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- EUGENE RICARDO TACTAY JRSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- JAMES LLOYD WALKERPrivate First Class · October 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL NOBLE CORYELLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11E, Line 130
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
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.