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FRANK NORMAN WILLIAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 27, 1949 – October 13, 1969
Service recordFrank Norman Williams, of Dalzell, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 76
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Dalzell, South Carolina (Sumter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 76
- JOHN WILLIE BENNETTCorporal · October 14, 1969
- DENNIS ADRAIN BROWNPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
- JIMMIE LYNN CASTLEBERRYSpecialist Four · October 14, 1969
- WALTER GUY WICKER JRCorporal · October 14, 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.