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HONORED ON PANEL 47E, LINE 1 OF THE WALL
NATHANIEL WILLINGHAM
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NATHANIEL WILLINGHAM
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LEFT FOR NATHANIEL WILLINGHAM
POSTED ON 2.3.2001
POSTED BY: Jerry Lomax, 3rd Bn/5thMarines, M Co.
Semper fi, Brother
PFC. Terry Cleveland Smith
PFC. Nathaniel Willingham
LCPL. Thomas Carmen Henry
KIA March 29, 1968
On March 29, 1968, Mike Company crossed a small river in Thua Thien Province while on patrol. Normally, the first thing I do is go to the nearest water hole if I know one is around. I remember I was so tired that I jusp plopped down. I heard a loud explosion just a few yards from where I was just a couple of minutes afterwards. It was a command detonated claymore aimed near the watrer spring. It came from a gook in the hill overlooking the water.
One of the closest friends I had at that time was Terry Smith from North Carolina. He had just taken two pictures just a couple of minutes before he went to the water hole with some other guys. The claymore killed 3 and wounded 3.
It took me a bunch of days to get over what I saw at that water hole. I will never forget. It's the first memory that I have when I look at the two pictures that he took just before it happened.