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BENJAMIN JEFFE WILLIAMSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 9, 1947 – June 4, 1968
Service recordBenjamin Jeffe Williamson, of Mullins, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 13
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Mullins, South Carolina (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 13
- RAYMOND THOMAS STEELELance Corporal · June 4, 1968
- MATAU TOIA JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- LONNIE MARK WEDRICKPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- THOMAS DEWEY WILCOXCorporal · June 4, 1968
From Mullins
- DAYTON JOSEPH HOOKSSergeant · June 7, 1968
- CLEVELAND OSBORNE JOHNSONSergeant First Class · January 28, 1970
- ALFRED JIMMY HERRING JRLance Corporal · September 20, 1970
- HARRIS LEE WILLIAMSCorporal · March 31, 1971
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.