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AUGUSTUS LOUIS WILLIAMS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 12, 1934 – August 15, 1968
Service recordAugustus Louis Williams, of George West, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 20
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 12, 1934
- Home of record
- George West, Texas (Live Oak County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 20
- BYRON CLAIR TUCKERWarrant Officer 1 · August 15, 1968
- WILLIAM NORMAND URSINPrivate First Class · August 15, 1968
- ROBERT KAY WAGNERPetty Officer First Class · August 15, 1968
- LEROY ALLEN WHITLOWCorporal · August 15, 1968
From George West
- ANTHONY GARY TATEPrivate First Class · June 29, 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.