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BILLY WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 8, 1945 – June 12, 1966
Service recordBilly Williams, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 43
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- CHARLES WALTER PARSONSStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN POWELLSergeant · June 12, 1966
- KENNETH EDWIN SOMEROSergeant · June 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES T LOCKRIDGECorporal · Panel 8E, Line 42
- RENE CERDA LOPEZSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 42
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.