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EDDIE EARL WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 15, 1947 – July 12, 1967
Service recordEddie Earl Williams, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 66
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 66
- FLOYD CHARLES WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- MOSES WILLIAMSSergeant · July 12, 1967
- HARRY L ALWAYFirst Lieutenant · July 13, 1967
- CIRO JOHN ANDREASSIPrivate First Class · July 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES VINCENT AYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 55
- JACK J COOPERWOOD IIISpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 57
- CLAUDE EUGENE ELMORESergeant · Panel 23E, Line 57
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 61
- LAURENCE G SERSHONPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 63
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 65
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.