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FREDDY THOMAS WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 31, 1950 – January 3, 1969
Service recordFreddy Thomas Williams, of Friona, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wheeled Tractor Operator (62L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- January 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Friona, Texas (Parmer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 31
- WILLIAM E PARKER IIIPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- TED ARNOLD WHITESpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- EDGAR W WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- RONALD PAUL ZENGASergeant · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD KEITH BLOOMSpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 24
- GLENN EDWARD CASESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 24
From Friona
- HERIBERTO BLANCOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD FORTENBERRYSpecialist Four · September 24, 1970
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.