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AMOS LEVERN WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1950 – July 3, 1969
Service recordAmos Levern Williams, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 57
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 28, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 57
- TAKESHI SATOPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- RICHARD G SONNEBERGERLance Corporal · July 3, 1969
- BILL HENRY TERRY JRCorporal · July 3, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES WHITEHOUSESpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANNIE ARTHUR CARRSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 50
- JAMES EDWARD KELLYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 52
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.