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DONALD WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 10, 1945 – May 8, 1967
Service recordDonald Williams, of Eastman, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 68
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Eastman, Georgia (Dodge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; 45 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 68
- MELVIN ALEXANDER WADEPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- RALPH H WATINGTON JRCorporal · May 8, 1967
- HENRY RAY WICKERLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- VOMER OVID WILSON JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LUHVER CLEVELANDCorporal · Panel 19E, Line 56
- ABEL D GARCIA JRCorporal · Panel 19E, Line 58
- VOMER OVID WILSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 68
From Eastman
- ULYSSES CORNELIUS COOPERSergeant First Class · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH MELVIN JONESMaster Sergeant · April 16, 1968
- JERRY LEE FORDHAMSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- LEM CLARKSergeant First Class · June 5, 1971
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.