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PFC Benjamin Galu Willis

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PFC Benjamin Galu Willis

Birth
American Samoa
Death
22 Aug 1968 (aged 22)
Hải Phòng Municipality, Vietnam
Burial
Oceanside, San Diego County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sunrise section, Block 101
Memorial ID
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Tour of duty began on June 30, 1968.
Ground casualty, hostile, died of wounds.
Purple Heart recipient.

Vietnam Veterans Wall: Panel 47W -Line 35.

A remembrance left by his niece on
http://thewall-usa.com states that his ethnicity is incorrectly listed as Malayan, should be Polynesian; and that he was the first Samoan to be killed in Vietnam.
Tour of duty began on June 30, 1968.
Ground casualty, hostile, died of wounds.
Purple Heart recipient.

Vietnam Veterans Wall: Panel 47W -Line 35.

A remembrance left by his niece on
http://thewall-usa.com states that his ethnicity is incorrectly listed as Malayan, should be Polynesian; and that he was the first Samoan to be killed in Vietnam.

Inscription

"AMERICAN SAMOA, PFC US MARINE CORPS, VIETNAM PH"

Gravesite Details


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