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ARTHUR PAUL WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 3, 1946 – August 26, 1966
Service recordArthur Paul Williams, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 49
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cook (3371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F BTRY 3 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Haverhill, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 49
- JOHN WILLIAM JOYSStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1966
- CHARLES F WHITFIELD JRPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- ELDRIDGE CHAR AIGELDINGERPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- FRANCIS JOHN ALBERTSSergeant · August 27, 1966
From Haverhill
- RALPH BASILIEREPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT PETER SCHENAFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1967
- RICHARD ORIN DEMARISPrivate · January 15, 1967
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE BONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1967
- FREDERICK GEORGE DEROCHERCorporal · December 12, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES GAMBINOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1970
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CAHILLWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1970
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.