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DAVID GEORGE WILLIAMS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 2, 1945 – September 21, 1967
Service recordDavid George Williams, of Sacramento, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 110
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 110
- WILLIAM CHARLES WENTZELWarrant Officer 1 · September 21, 1967
- WILLARD PAUL WOODSLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- HERMAN JOHN BAERCorporal · September 22, 1967
- THOMAS HOWARD BENTONLance Corporal · September 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT STANLEY BAIRDSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 98
- CHARLES EDWARD LOFTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 102
- MERLIN CLARENCE STELPFLUGCorporal · Panel 26E, Line 102
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.