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DORSEY BURWIN WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 18, 1947 – April 30, 1967
Service recordDorsey Burwin Williams, of Johnson City, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 2
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Johnson City, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; 59 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 2
- JOHN BRAXTON WOODALLFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1967
- WAYNE HOWARD WOODARDCorporal · April 30, 1967
- EWELL EDGEL ACORDStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1967
- JAMES VIRGIL CHRONISTERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
From Johnson City
- ALVIN KLASON BROYLES JRCaptain · April 28, 1965
- EUGENE DELANO FRANKLINCaptain · June 24, 1965
- DANNY MAX ERWINSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- HAROLD WENDELL WILSONLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- BILLY JOE NAVEMajor · June 27, 1966
- HOMER LEFTERAGE PEASEMajor · November 19, 1966
- GARY ALLEN CURTISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- HARRY RAY STEWARTFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- GORDON ODELL WALSHCaptain · April 16, 1967
- ALLEN TEBBS ROGERS JRSecond Lieutenant · May 20, 1967
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.