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ERVIN HOWARD WILLIAMSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 28, 1948 – May 10, 1969
Service recordErvin Howard Williamson, of Mifflin, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 45
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Mifflin, Pennsylvania (Juniata County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 45
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PASSERELLOPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- KENNITH WAYNE WHEELERCorporal · May 10, 1969
- ROBERT LEON WILLEYSpecialist Five · May 10, 1969
- TERRY LEE ADKINSCorporal · May 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES PORTER SMITH JRCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 43
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.