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CHARLES WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 2, 1945 – December 29, 1966
Service recordCharles Williams, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 101
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 101
- BOBBY RAY WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- HUGH FRANCIS WINTERHALTERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- GUY WINFRED HUEYSergeant First Class · December 30, 1966
- ALFREDO JOSE SAENZSpecialist Four · December 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 95
- JAMES BRYAN ELDER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 96
- RALPH LEE HENDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 98
- ERNEST KELLY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 98
- GARY W PRATHERPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 99
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.