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DANIEL WILLIAMS III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 10, 1943 – February 18, 1968
Service recordDaniel Williams III, of Camden, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 16
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Camden, South Carolina (Kershaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 16
- CLIFFORD WAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- ALAN WAYNE WILLARDSergeant · February 18, 1968
- NOEL DEAN WILLIAMSWarrant Officer 1 · February 18, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALLEN YOUNGLance Corporal · February 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TOMMIE BRANDONPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 1
- DARRELL LEE CABELLPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 2
- RHONDAL GENE CLAYPOOLSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 3
- JAMES GLENN STANDEFERSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 14
From Camden
- JOHN LARRY JEFFERSSpecialist Four · July 25, 1967
- JERRY WHITAKERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNN CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · May 6, 1969
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.