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DALE EDWARD WILLIAMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 5, 1948 – June 14, 1970
Service recordDale Edward Williams, of Attica, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Attica, Ohio (Seneca County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 55
- JAMES LEONARD WOODSergeant · June 14, 1970
- MICHAEL LEE WRIGHTSergeant · June 14, 1970
- DOUGLAS RAY CURRYPrivate First Class · June 15, 1970
- KURTIS LANE GAYNORPrivate First Class · June 15, 1970
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.