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FRANK EDWARD WILLIAMS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 19, 1928 – June 1, 1968
Service recordFrank Edward Williams, of Benton Harbor, Michigan, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 9
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 19, 1928
- Home of record
- Benton Harbor, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 9
- DAVID LYNDALL LAJEUNESSESergeant First Class · June 1, 1968
- LARRY LEE YORKCorporal · June 1, 1968
- JOSE QUINATA AGUONPlatoon Sergeant · June 2, 1968
- CHARLES CLIFFORD BAILEYPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EDWARD ARNOLDSpecialist Four · Panel 62W, Line 19
- JACK WAYNE CALFEEPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 20
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CONRADYSpecialist Four · Panel 62W, Line 22
- DONALD DAVID MEISSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 4
- GEORGE RICHARD PROCTORStaff Sergeant · Panel 61W, Line 5
From Benton Harbor
- ERNEST WATSONPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
- BRUCE LOUIS MAROSITESSpecialist Four · March 1, 1966
- LARRY DUANE BUTGEREITSergeant · January 11, 1967
- LAMARRE ARTHUR MAJORPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- WENDELL GLEN VAUGHNPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- WILLIE SONNY DAVISPrivate · October 11, 1968
- EUGENE CROSSLEYCorporal · October 31, 1968
- DALE LLOYD JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 8, 1969
- ALLAN WAYNE PERSICKESpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY ANDREW COOKSergeant · September 20, 1969
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.