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AUBREY WILLIAMS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 23, 1931 – May 16, 1970
Service recordAubrey Williams, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 23, 1931
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 55
- GARY RICHARD WHITECorporal · May 16, 1970
- SAMMIE EDWARD ALEXANDERSergeant First Class · May 17, 1970
- PHILLIP FRED ARNOLDWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1970
- WAYNE BENNETTPrivate First Class · May 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- NED RICHARD HEINTZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 50
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.