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GAYLE EDWARD WILLIAMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 8, 1945 – November 3, 1969
Service recordGayle Edward Williams, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 25
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- 0v-1 Airplane Repairman (67H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 25
- GUNTHER HERBERT WALDSergeant First Class · November 3, 1969
- JOHN HENRY WILSONSergeant · November 3, 1969
- JAMES HARRY WOOLARDSpecialist Four · November 3, 1969
- STANLEY LEE ADAMSCaptain · November 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN THEODORE JAMESSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 22
- KENNETH RAYMOND LEACHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 23
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
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.