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DENNIS MICHAEL WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 30, 1944 – June 23, 1969
Service recordDennis Michael Williams, of Eastlake, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 4
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Eastlake, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 4
- TIMOTHY HAYES SIMPKINSPrivate · June 23, 1969
- PERRY LUKE UNDERWOODPetty Officer Third Class · June 23, 1969
- CHARLES GRIFFIN VICKERSSergeant Major · June 23, 1969
- RICHARD EARL WEISSSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE NORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 123
- RICHARD EARL WEISSSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 4
From Eastlake
- DENNIS FLOYD AMATOSergeant · November 27, 1965
- ERNEST GALE TOMPKINSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOUSTONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID FRANCOIS FISHERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
- RAYMOND FREDERICK BEAUCHAMPPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- WAYNE STERLING RUSHTONConstructionman · December 31, 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.