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BEN WILLIAMS
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 25, 1930 – May 31, 1970
Service recordBen Williams, of Walterboro, South Carolina, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 128
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications-Electronics Maintenance Chief (32Z)
- Born
- April 25, 1930
- Home of record
- Walterboro, South Carolina (Colleton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 128
- JERRY LENWOOD THOMPSONSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
- JAMES HOWARD UNRUHSergeant · May 31, 1970
- KURTESS HOWARD WALKERSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
- CALVIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
From Walterboro
- LEONARD WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK BOWMANPetty Officer Second Class · June 16, 1968
- JACKIE LAWRENCE CROSBYCorporal · March 12, 1969
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.