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DENNIS LEE WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 11, 1944 – October 3, 1966
Service recordDennis Lee Williams, of Westminster, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Westminster, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 42
- JAMES E JONESSergeant Major · October 3, 1966
- HOWARD D ULMER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
- BENJAMIN IRVIN WARRENStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1966
- RAYMOND LEE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 39
From Westminster
- RICHARD LYNN CROXENHospitalman · December 9, 1965
- STEPHEN CALEB FORRESTPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- GALE EDWARD GOTTIPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- HENRY MUCHA JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- EARL WILLIAM FERNANDEZStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1967
- JOHN LESTER KITZMILLERPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- LESTER LEON PELHAMSergeant · December 9, 1967
- KLAUS DIETER EGOLFSergeant · February 28, 1968
- WARREN GUTHRIE HARDING JRSergeant · February 28, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL GOLDENSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
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.