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CLAUDE NATHANIEL WILLIAMS
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
September 16, 1940 – November 25, 1966
Service recordClaude Nathaniel Williams, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 25, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 118
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vme (Jet) (7333)
- Born
- September 16, 1940
- Home of record
- Muskogee, Oklahoma (Muskogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 118
- ARTHUR EMERSON WRIGHT IIIFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- TROY BEALINAirman First Class · November 26, 1966
- HARDY LEE BELLChief Master Sergeant · November 26, 1966
From Muskogee
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BURKETTMajor · July 13, 1964
- BUREN RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RAYMOND PEARL JRStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
- JERRY K COVEYSpecialist Four · September 21, 1967
- RONALD STEWART ALLEN IIIStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1967
- GARY R HOLLANDPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- GARRY RAYMOND CHAPMANSergeant · May 5, 1968
- JERRY LEE CHAMBERSLieutenant Colonel · May 22, 1968
- JEDD EDWARD ASHBYSergeant · August 28, 1968
- REX LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · September 13, 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.