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ARTHUR WILLIAMS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 20, 1945 – December 2, 1968
Service recordArthur Williams JR, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 27
- DENHAM A WHITESELL JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1968
- JOHN RAYMOND AUSBERNCorporal · December 3, 1968
- WALTER TIMOTHY BAHLSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- MICHEAL ROGER BAKERPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR BARRY WEISSMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 26
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.