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DAVID WILLIAMS III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 13, 1949 – November 22, 1969
Service recordDavid Williams III, of Long Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Materiel Storage And Handling Specialist (76V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 111
- LAREST CLENNON SUTTONSergeant · November 22, 1969
- ALEXANDER CAMERON BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1969
- STANLEY JOSEPH EGANSpecialist Four · November 23, 1969
- LESZEK A KULACZKOWSKICorporal · November 23, 1969
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 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.