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EDDIE WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 13, 1948 – September 1, 1968
Service recordEddie Williams, of Whitakers, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 23
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Whitakers, North Carolina (Edgecombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 45W, Line 23
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS TAYLORPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- PAUL E YONKIETechnical Sergeant · September 1, 1968
- DENNIS CLAYTON BOONESpecialist Four · September 2, 1968
- RICHARD ALBERT BRUNNOWLance Corporal · September 2, 1968
From Whitakers
- MACK ARTHUR ALSTONSpecialist Four · September 13, 1967
- ALBERT ALLEN TIPPETTSpecialist Four · February 14, 1968
- LEE VERN SILVERPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- ODELL DICKENSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD DEBREWCorporal · May 10, 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.