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DONALD LEE WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 1, 1947 – February 6, 1968
Service recordDonald Lee Williams, of Huntsville, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 75
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 75
- MICHAEL WARREN WEBSTERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- RAYFIELD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILSON JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- DARREL ZANE WRIGHTSergeant · February 6, 1968
From Huntsville
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · December 9, 1965
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY KIGERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- LAVLE JIMMY HALLLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- JAMES EARL PERRYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT L MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES EDMOND HUFFSergeant · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT IVAN RICELance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- LARRY GENE CLARKLance Corporal · February 4, 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.