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DAVID EDWARD WILLIAMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 14, 1938 – April 22, 1969
Service recordDavid Edward Williams, of Brownsville, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 29
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1938
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 29
- WARREN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 22, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN WINTERSSergeant · April 22, 1969
- ROGER MARTIN AULD JRWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1969
- OTTO PHILIP BARNHARTSergeant · April 23, 1969
From Brownsville
- GORDON ELDON GULLETTPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- ROBERTO ROCHA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOSLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- DANIEL ZACHARY POST JRCorporal · July 31, 1966
- TEOFILO CARMONE RIOSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PEREZPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · March 20, 1968
- ATANACIO GOMEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
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.