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DENNIS CRAIG WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 15, 1946 – March 14, 1967
Service recordDennis Craig Williams, of Lodi, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 81
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Lodi, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 81
- EDWARD LAMAR MOORE JRStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1967
- JOSEPH WALTER MORRISONSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- PATRICK RONALD MURPHYSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM CALVIN PEARCE IVPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LAMAR MOORE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 81
- JOSEPH WALTER MORRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 81
From Lodi
- JAMES J LABARBERPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WAYNE ROBERT BARTHLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- JOEL THOMAS WILLISFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD HEILSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- MARK EDWARD HODELConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- BRENT JOHN BERTSCHSpecialist Five · May 17, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD NORDELL JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- GARRY LEE KUBLERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- JOHN ELDON LOCKHORST JRCorporal · March 8, 1970
- CURTIS EDWIN STELZERCorporal · June 29, 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.