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EUGENE MELVIN WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 10, 1946 – January 11, 1968
Service recordEugene Melvin Williams, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 33
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 33
- KENNETH HARRY WIDONPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL BACKERPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- JOHN ELDREW BARRONCorporal · January 12, 1968
- KENNETH WILLIAM BARSLOWSeaman Apprentice · January 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EMORY STEPHEN CANNONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 28
- MICHAEL DEAN CRIBELARPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 28
- GERALD MARTIN PINAPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 31
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
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.