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DAVID MICHAEL WILLIAMS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1946 – January 11, 1969
Service recordDavid Michael Williams, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 74
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- 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 January 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 74
- EDWARD MICHAEL TYSZKASpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- LAURENCE D WORTHINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · January 11, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK BARRIOSSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
- DENNIS BARRY FARRISPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY LEROY LEMASergeant · Panel 35W, Line 71
- JOHN MARTIN ROUSCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 73
- LEAVY CARLTON SOLOMONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 73
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
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.