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FREDDIE MCWILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 26, 1945 – September 29, 1967
Service recordFreddie McWilliams, of Winnfield, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Winnfield, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 30
- CRAIG ALLAN MCDANIELStaff Sergeant · September 29, 1967
- WILLIAM LAWREN MCDANIELSSergeant · September 29, 1967
- CLYDE VERNON MOOREFirst Lieutenant · September 29, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD OVERSHINECorporal · September 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MICHAEL SUNDAYSpecialist Five · Panel 27E, Line 32
From Winnfield
- GEORGE WASHINGTON NELSONStaff Sergeant · December 9, 1967
- POLLARD HUGH MERCER JRMajor · January 20, 1968
- VERNON MARTIN WALLACELance Corporal · August 26, 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.