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DUANE GREGORY WILLIAMS
Private · U.S. Army
January 14, 1951 – January 1, 1970
Service recordDuane Gregory Williams, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 14, 1951
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1970; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 116
- DONALD ALBERT SUDBRINKSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- KENNETH WAYNE TODDSergeant · January 1, 1970
- ROBERT GLENN WARRENSergeant · January 1, 1970
- JAMES OSMOND WATSONChief Warrant Officer 4 · January 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOHN CROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 113
- ROY WILLARD GODOWNSSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 114
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.