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DOYLE WILLIAMS
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 14, 1928 – April 2, 1968
Service recordDoyle Williams, of Anderson, South Carolina, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 14, 1928
- Home of record
- Anderson, South Carolina (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 44
- JAMES STRECHA JRCorporal · April 2, 1968
- WATSON UNDERWOOD JRSergeant · April 2, 1968
- WESLEY WILLIAM WHITELance Corporal · April 2, 1968
- WILLIAM GEORGE WILKINSPrivate · April 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD WAYNE QUEENSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 42
From Anderson
- HEWETT FRANK EVASTUS COEChief Petty Officer · May 20, 1962
- JAMES ROY BROOKS JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- WILBURN ROBERSONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- HAROLD GUINN MCDOWELLPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MATTISONStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1968
- WILLIE FRANK FOSTERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- EDGAR EUGENE PARKERStaff Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- RANDOLPH SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 11, 1970
- ROBERT LOUIS KINGSpecialist Four · July 5, 1970
- RONALD ELWOOD FIELDSStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1970
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.