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EDWARD LARUE WILLIAMSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1946 – July 2, 1969
Service recordEdward Larue Williamson, of Benoit, Mississippi, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 49
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Benoit, Mississippi (Bolivar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 49
- DANIEL BERNARD SINNOTTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
- DONALD LEE TOVEYSergeant First Class · July 2, 1969
- DAVID R VORENKAMPPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
- JIM ALLEN WRAYSergeant · July 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RAY MCGINNISSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 47
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.