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BURNELL WILLIAMS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 1, 1948 – April 20, 1968
Service recordBurnell Williams JR, of Blytheville, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Blytheville, Arkansas (Mississippi County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 15
- DARRYL CHARLES LINTNERPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- SCOTT ALAN WRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- ARNOLD AGUILARPrivate · April 21, 1968
- MICHAEL BYRON ALVAREZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROME EDWARD DIMMERLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 6
- JOHN MATTHEW GOODRICHPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 7
- LARRY EUGENE GOSWICKSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 7
- FRANCIS GARFIELD GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 7
- JERRY ROE GRUBBSPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 7
- CHARLIE MIZZELLE JERNIGANSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 8
- JESUS MARTINEZPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 9
- DAVID J MORENOPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 9
- CLAUDE MCCAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 10
- TERRY WARD MOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 10
- JERALD DAVID SWANPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 13
- DARRYL CHARLES LINTNERPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 15
From Blytheville
- CHARLES F KENNEDYSergeant · March 7, 1967
- FREDDIE LYNN FRIARPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- WILLIE B BRADFORDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- HORACE VALLEY ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- ROBERT EARL GRANTCorporal · March 8, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY BROWNLance Corporal · March 11, 1969
- LARRY MILTON KELLEYSergeant · April 7, 1969
- MARVIN EARL BELLStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1970
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.