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GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 4, 1933 – October 12, 1965
Service recordGene William Williams, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 121
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 4, 1933
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1965
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 121
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- EDWARD LARRY STEWARTSergeant · October 12, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JERALD LEON DOZIERSergeant First Class · October 13, 1965
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
Same unit, same day
- NESTOR LORENZO ARGENZIOSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 119
- WILLIAM ROSS ROMANOPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 119
- CHARLES FRANKLIN KANE JRCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 120
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 121
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
- CLARENCE WILLIAM HOWARDLance Corporal · January 31, 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.