This helmet was worn by Staff Sergeant William Wee Willie Battle
1st Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division.
He served from July 1969 until June 1970.
He was a platoon Sergeant and tunnel rat.
(W.M.88.72.1, W.M.77.93.69 a,b)
The Death Card or Ace of Spades was considered bad luck by the Viet Cong (NVA).
(W.M.89.91.AR)
This helmet is on display in our America at War Gallery in the Vietnam War section.