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DAVID THOMAS WILLIAMSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1949 – October 22, 1970
Service recordDavid Thomas Williamson, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 17
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 17
- KENNETH CHARLES THORNTONSpecialist Four · October 22, 1970
- RAYMOND REX BERGERSpecialist Four · October 23, 1970
- NATHAN LAMAR INGLEPetty Officer Third Class · October 23, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES LEBOEUFSergeant · October 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY WAYNE BARTMESSSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 15
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.