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DONALD LEE WILLIAMSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 23, 1948 – November 15, 1969
Service recordDonald Lee Williamson, of East Wenatchee, Washington, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 82
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 23, 1948
- Home of record
- East Wenatchee, Washington (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 82
- BENEDICT J LINNEN IIISpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
- JOHN JACKLON ROBINSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1969
- WALTER DAVID ROMEROFirst Lieutenant · November 15, 1969
- ADAM WILSONWarrant Officer 1 · November 15, 1969
From East Wenatchee
- STEVEN THOMAS SCHOOLERSpecialist Four · November 13, 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.