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DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 20, 1939 – March 9, 1965
Service recordDempsey H Williams III, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 9, 1965, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Officer (I) (2502)
- Born
- April 20, 1939
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1965; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In March 1965, 22 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 95
- MARK RICHARDSON CHASESpecialist Four · March 4, 1965
- WILLIAM CARROLL MATTISCaptain · March 11, 1965
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
From Fayetteville
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- CHARLIE GRAYSpecialist Four · July 24, 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.