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CHARLES EDWARD WILLIAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 31, 1936 – February 27, 1968
Service recordCharles Edward Williams, of Smithfield, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1936
- Home of record
- Smithfield, North Carolina (Johnston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 41E, Line 57
- RICHARD DENNIS WELCHPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- THOMAS THAWSON WRIGHTColonel · February 27, 1968
- JAMES DOMINIO YOUNGHAMCorporal · February 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH SOARES ANDRADEPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 47
- ARTHUR WEINMANN HERODPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 50
- DENNIS WAYNE JACOBSSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 50
- MICHAEL STEVEN KRAVCHAKPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 50
- ABELARDO MALAVE-RIOSFirst Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 51
- PAUL JAMES MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 51
- RICHARD EUGENE GRIERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 52
- RUFFIN J SATTERWHITE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 54
From Smithfield
- JIMMY EARL CARTERPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- FRANKLIN DANIEL RAYPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- LEE ARTHUR WATSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- SANFORD THOMAS ALLENStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- ARTHUR WATSONSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- DENNIS WILLIAM OMELIAChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 3, 1971
- JOHNNY JACKSONSpecialist Four · June 11, 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.