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DEREX WILLIAMS JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 9, 1933 – August 23, 1967
Service recordDerex Williams JR, of Plant City, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 23, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 9, 1933
- Home of record
- Plant City, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 36
- JOHNNY CECIL WHEELERSpecialist Four · August 23, 1967
- NAOTO YAMASHIROSergeant First Class · August 23, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL ALLARDSergeant First Class · August 24, 1967
- DUANE RUSSELL BENTLEYPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
From Plant City
- HENRY VAN DEMPSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- WILLIAM EDGAR JERKINSAirman First Class · September 4, 1967
- EMORY STEPHEN CANNONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- CARLOS LARUE KNIGHTSergeant · June 12, 1968
- RONALD KEITH GROOMSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JAMES ARNOLD LISENBYCorporal · August 13, 1968
- DONNIE EDWARD WATSONCorporal · September 23, 1968
- DAVID T MOORESergeant · January 11, 1969
- ROBERT DALE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1969
- ISOM JUNIOR GOODWINECorporal · December 27, 1969
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.