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CURTIS JOHN WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 27, 1943 – December 4, 1966
Service recordCurtis John Williams, of Evarts, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 13
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Evarts, Kentucky (Harlan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 13
- CLIFFORD NICKLEBERRYSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- GREGORIO TRUJILLO JRSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- LARRY M BARNHILLPrivate First Class · December 5, 1966
- BURRISS NELSON BEGLEYColonel · December 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL M JAVAPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 10
From Evarts
- JAMES MURPHY FURGERSONPrivate First Class · March 29, 1970
- MARCUS RAYMOND DAVISStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1970
- SAMUEL OLIVER SMALLSpecialist Five · August 30, 1971
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.