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EDGAR W WILLIAMS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 22, 1946 – January 3, 1969
Service recordEdgar W Williams JR, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 31
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 31
- WILLIAM E PARKER IIIPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- TED ARNOLD WHITESpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- FREDDY THOMAS WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- RONALD PAUL ZENGASergeant · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN EUGENE GANTSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 26
- CHARLES AARON JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 27
- THEODORE R KLINGENSMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 27
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 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.