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FRED ALBERT WILLIAMS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 8, 1941 – December 16, 1970
Service recordFred Albert Williams, of Roseboro, North Carolina, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 126
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 8, 1941
- Home of record
- Roseboro, North Carolina (Sampson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 126
- JOHN JOSEPH WILSONCaptain · December 16, 1970
- PHILLIP ALLEN WILSONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1970
- JOSEPH PAUL CURTISStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1970
- GREGORY ALLEN GYDESENCorporal · December 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH JOHN DANNA JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 124
- GARY J FACULAKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 124
- STARR FREDERICK FRYESpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 125
- DAVID LEE GILMORSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 125
From Roseboro
- HARRELL WAYNE JOHNSONLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- BENJAMIN MELVINPrivate First Class · December 3, 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.