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EDWARD WAYNE WILLIAMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 13, 1950 – April 3, 1972
Service recordEdward Wayne Williams, of Clearwater, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 3, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 129
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- September 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Clearwater, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 3, 1972
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1972; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 129
- THOMAS RICHARD MURENFireman Apprentice · April 3, 1972
- DOUGLAS LEE ONEILLChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 3, 1972
- LARRY ALFRED ZICHChief Warrant Officer 3 · April 3, 1972
- HENRY MERSHON SPENGLER IIICaptain · April 5, 1972
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN DUANE CHRISTENSENSergeant First Class · Panel 2W, Line 128
- DOUGLAS LEE ONEILLChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 129
- LARRY ALFRED ZICHChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 2W, Line 129
From Clearwater
- ROBERT LOUIS SANDNERCaptain · June 7, 1966
- BARRY RONAL DELPHINCaptain · March 20, 1967
- WILLIAM IRVIN NELSON IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- MORRIS FRANKLIN DIXON JRCorporal · May 9, 1967
- JOHN ROLAND BURKECorporal · June 6, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH VANVLECKPetty Officer Second Class · July 6, 1967
- BOBBY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- ROBERT FLOYD SHAWPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- JEFFREY DALE ANNABLECorporal · November 27, 1967
- CHET EUGENE MCPHETERSSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
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.