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  • Louis Willett
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  • Private First Class Louis Edward Willett (June 19, 1945–February 15, 1967) was a soldier in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions during the Vietnam War as a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division. Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Woodside, New York of Irish and German extraction, Willett was a graduate of Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, New York and was drafted after withdrawing from SUNY Maratime in 1966.
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Unit
  • Company C, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
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serviceyears
  • 1966
Birth Date
  • 1945-06-19
Branch
death place
  • Kontum Province, Republic of Vietnam
Ethnic Background
  • German-Irish
Name
  • Louis E. Willett
Caption
  • Medal of Honor recipient Louis Willett
Hometown
  • Woodside, New York
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  • Place of burial
Birth Place
  • Brooklyn, New York
Awards
death date
  • 1967-02-15
Rank
Image size
  • 70
Allegiance
Religion
  • Roman Catholic
abstract
  • Private First Class Louis Edward Willett (June 19, 1945–February 15, 1967) was a soldier in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions during the Vietnam War as a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division. Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Woodside, New York of Irish and German extraction, Willett was a graduate of Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, New York and was drafted after withdrawing from SUNY Maratime in 1966.