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DAVID WILLIAMS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 3, 1946 – January 18, 1969
Service recordDavid Williams JR, of Thomasville, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 35
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Thomasville, Georgia (Thomas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 35
- JERRY LEE WARBRITTONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- RICHARD BRUCE APLANDSergeant · January 19, 1969
- DAVID RAYMOND BALZARINIPrivate First Class · January 19, 1969
- STEPHEN WILLIAM MCKINLEYSeaman · January 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN REX BARTLETTSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 30
- JAMES EARL ELLINGSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 34W, Line 33
- KENNETH WALTER PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 34W, Line 34
From Thomasville
- FRANK THORNTON JRSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- LEROY ELTON JONESSergeant · December 21, 1965
- THOMAS DAVID CAMPBELLSergeant · May 29, 1966
- RALPH E MANNINGStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH PEARSONMajor · August 17, 1966
- TERRY MARTIN RIMESSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- EARL DANIELS JRStaff Sergeant · June 26, 1967
- LAWRENCE ALLEN WHITFIELDSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JOSEPH HARRISONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- WILLIAM YANCEY HADLEYSergeant · December 4, 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.