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CLARENCE WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 25, 1946 – February 22, 1966
Service recordClarence Williams, of Germantown, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Germantown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 63
- DAVID WAYNE UTLEYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ORLANDO ALLENStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD BROOKSPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CLINTON RUSSELL ANDERSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 59
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 59
- WILLIAM THOMAS CALLERYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 59
- RICHARD HUGH CASSUBESergeant · Panel 5E, Line 59
- JAMES LEONARD FAINSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 60
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 60
- LEO FREDERICK KRUMBINEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 60
- RALPH ARDEN MAXHAM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 61
- RICARDO JAMES PEREZSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 62
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 62
From Germantown
- TERRY WAYNE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- ALBERT EUGENE HUFFERLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- GREGORY LYNN BROWNSpecialist Four · October 19, 1967
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.