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LILLUND, WILLIAM ALLEN
Name: William Allen Lillund
Rank/Branch: O2/US Air Force
Unit:
Date of Birth: 17 March 1939
Home City of Record: Fortuna CA
Date of Loss: 04 October 1967
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 212000N 1051000E (WJ211812)
Status (In 1973): Missing In Action
Category: 4
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: F105F
Other Personnel in Incident: Morris L. McDaniel, Jr. (missing)
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 15 October 1990 from one or more of
the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with
POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.
REMARKS:
SYNOPSIS: The F105 Thunderchief (or "Thud") performed yoeman service on many
diversified missions in Southeast Asia. F105s flew more combat missions over
North Vietnam than any other USAF aircraft and consequently suffered the
heaviest losses in action. They dropped bombs by day and occasionally by night
from high or low altitude and some later versions (F105D in Wild Weasel guise)
attacked SAM sites with their radar tracking air-to-ground missiles. This
versatile aircraft was also credited with downing 25 Russian MiGs.
Maj. Morris L. McDaniel had flown nearly 100 combat missions when he and Capt.
William A. Lillund were sent on a bombing mission into North Vietnam. McDaniel
was looking forward to returning home to his wife and three children.
McDaniel and Lillund were flying an F105F "Wild Weasel" toward a target area
northwest of Hanoi. His last contact with American forces was when he made a
pre-strike refueling shortly before reaching the target area. His last known
location was approximately 10 miles northwest of the city of Phu Tho in Vinh Phu
Province, North Vietnam.
In 1973, 591 other American prisoners of war from North Vietnam. McDaniel and
Lillund were not among them. There were hundreds of men who were known or
suspected to be prisoners who were not released.
When American involvement ended in Vietnam, nearly 2500 Americans remained
prisoner, missing and unaccounted for. Unlike MIAs from other wars, the large
majority of these men can be accounted for. Further, the U.S. Government has
received over 10,000 sighting reports related to these missing Americans. Many
officials believe that Americans are still held in captivity, yet we seem unable
to achieve their freedom.
Morris L. McDaniel, Jr. was promoted to the rank of Colonel and William A.
Lillund to the rank of Major during the period they were maintained Missing in
Action.