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ALLAN JAMES WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 19, 1944 – January 29, 1966
Service recordAllan James Williams, of Clewiston, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 117
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cartographer (81C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Clewiston, Florida (Hendry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 117
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- THOMAS DARRELL WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- SAMMIE LEE BEDWELLPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD BURDICK FIELLERSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 108
- MICHAEL J KOCHENDORFERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 111
- HOWARD ALLEN SEILHEIMERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 114
- MELVIN JAMES STOCKDALESpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 115
- ROBERT EUGENE STPETERMajor · Panel 4E, Line 115
From Clewiston
- RALPH LEE FORDSergeant · November 5, 1967
- JAMES ALVIN PACESergeant · August 19, 1968
- ARTHUR JAMES ANDERSONSergeant · February 23, 1969
- LEO FRED JOHNSONSergeant First Class · October 11, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.