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FRANK EMANUEL WILLIAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1946 – January 31, 1972
Service recordFrank Emanuel Williams, of Tallahassee, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1972, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Tallahassee, Florida (Leon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1972; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 102
- GREGORY CHALMERS DAVISLance Corporal · December 27, 1971
- KURT INT-HOUTSpecialist Four · January 29, 1972
- KARL DENNIS PORTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1972
- ROCKY LEE COOPERSergeant · January 30, 1972
- ERHARD JAMES MELLOSergeant · January 30, 1972
From Tallahassee
- JACK MCBRIDE LISLESergeant First Class · January 1, 1963
- CLAYTON LEON CRUCEPrivate · June 21, 1965
- JOHN RICHARD BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOHNSONCaptain · October 6, 1966
- DOYLE WELLS REEVESLance Corporal · March 11, 1967
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · April 16, 1967
- JERRY GRANT INGRAMPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- ELZIE EUGENE SAMUELSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- OSCAR LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- DANNY WADE ALDAYHospitalman · June 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.