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ARTHUR C WILLIAMS JR
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
April 16, 1937 – April 11, 1968
Service recordArthur C Williams JR, of Van Buren, Arkansas, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 11, 1968, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 27
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Born
- April 16, 1937
- Home of record
- Van Buren, Arkansas (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 27
- JAMES ARTHUR DILLPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- DAVID MARLOW TOMLINSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- PATRICK FRA VANDUYNHOVENSecond Lieutenant · April 11, 1968
- JAMES C WOODCorporal · April 11, 1968
From Van Buren
- JEWEL LEE RAINWATERPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- WILLIAM HASKELL SMOCKPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- ALEXANDER JOHNSON JRCaptain · September 5, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES GUIREPrivate First Class · December 2, 1969
- JAMES DAVID HOUSLEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 1970
- HENRY VERNON CLOSSERPetty Officer Second Class · November 20, 1971
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.