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CRAIG EMERY WILLIAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 26, 1947 – March 6, 1969
Service recordCraig Emery Williams, of Lakewood, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 61
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Lakewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 61
- JAMES EDWARD RAMSBYSpecialist Five · March 6, 1969
- CLINTON LEE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1969
- GLENN S WINGENBACH JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- WILLIAM WALLACE ABSHEARSergeant · March 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE RICHARD AVGERINOSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 51
- EUGENE ELDERCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 52
- ROBERT EDWARD LEAMENSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 57
- STEVE EDWIN LOWERYCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 57
From Lakewood
- JOHN BLOCKER MECKELLance Corporal · February 9, 1966
- LEONARD JAMES CHISLOCKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HOWARD MOONEY JRCorporal · January 7, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT SORENSENLance Corporal · May 6, 1967
- CHARLES MIKE CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- CRAIG D PINCHOTSecond Lieutenant · October 10, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT MARSHALLCorporal · November 19, 1967
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 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.