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DANIEL EUGENE WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 15, 1948 – April 11, 1969
Service recordDaniel Eugene Williams, of Hamer, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Hamer, Idaho (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 61
- DONALD SHERWOOD SAWYERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1969
- STAMATIOS G ALEXANDER JRSecond Lieutenant · April 12, 1969
- SA ATUATASI JRCorporal · April 12, 1969
- PATRICK EARL BLAGGPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DALE LAVERNE MILBRADTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 57
- WILLIAM LEE OWEN JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 58
- LAWRENCE EDWARD ZAPOLSKISpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 59
- ALFRED WEBB JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 60
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.