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CLAUDE ARTHUR WILLIAMS
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
April 9, 1942 – April 21, 1971
Service recordClaude Arthur Williams, of Alcoa, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 1
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 Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Practical Nurse (91C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Alcoa, Tennessee (Blount County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1971
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 1
- HERBERT MILLERMajor · April 21, 1971
- STANTON GERALD SARGENTCorporal · April 21, 1971
- KENNETH WAYNE SHAMBLINSpecialist Four · April 21, 1971
- GENERAL DEWAYNE SMITHStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1971
From Alcoa
- DONALD LUTHER DOTSONStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- DANNY EUGENE BLEVINSPrivate First Class · March 15, 1968
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.