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DENNIS ALAN WILLIAMS
Private · U.S. Army
March 18, 1946 – March 24, 1969
Service recordDennis Alan Williams, of Farmington, New Mexico, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 31
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Farmington, New Mexico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 31
- MICHAEL VALUNASSergeant · March 24, 1969
- ROBERT MARK WALKLEYLance Corporal · March 24, 1969
- GARY LEE WEEKLEYSpecialist Four · March 24, 1969
- JOHNNY YOUNGPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY JOE NEWMANSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 28
- WILLIE J SANDFER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 29
From Farmington
- CURTIS H RANSDELLSergeant · July 7, 1966
- LEO KEITH THORNTONSergeant · August 27, 1966
- MICHAEL JOE KRUGSergeant · September 30, 1967
- BILLIE JAMESSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- RICHARD DWAYNE FAIRCLOTHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- JAMES GARLAND SANDERSSpecialist Five · October 25, 1968
- RICHARD LEE ALLENStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1969
- FILEMON SERRANOPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- HERBERT ARVISOSergeant · October 26, 1969
- RICHARD WAYNE MEHLHAFFPrivate · May 22, 1970
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.