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CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 14, 1948 – May 29, 1969
Service recordChristopher Williams, of Boydton, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Boydton, Virginia (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 18
- JOE RODRIGUEZCorporal · May 29, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES ROSENOWCorporal · May 29, 1969
- LEE ELDEN SINCLAIRStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1969
- MICHAEL CORY VOLHEIMSpecialist Four · May 29, 1969
From Boydton
- MORRIS GORDON DUNNCorporal · August 31, 1968
- SAMUEL JOSEPH PARRISHPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
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.