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GENRETT WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 15, 1944 – January 31, 1966
Service recordGenrett Williams, of Jupiter, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Jupiter, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 126
- DAN ROGERS SHEARINSergeant · January 31, 1966
- ARMANDO TESILLOSpecialist Four · January 31, 1966
- JACK THOMAS JRSergeant · January 31, 1966
- TERRY LEE WELLERSpecialist Four · January 31, 1966
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR EDWARD ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 122
- MELVIN LESLIE BENNETTSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 122
- ROBERT D DONALDSONSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 122
- GLENN FRANKLIN DRAKEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 122
- CHARLES EMMETT FREDERICKPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 123
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 123
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 123
- JACK JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 124
- MARVIN LEROY LINDLEYSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 124
- EUGENE TAYLOR MCCOYPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 124
- RODNEY JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 125
- CHARLES LEONARD PETEETSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 125
- HOWARD EDWARD PHILLIPSCaptain · Panel 4E, Line 125
- JOHN MICHAEL QUINNSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 125
- JACK THOMAS JRSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 126
- TERRY LEE WELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 126
- DAVID BARTELS ZIEGLERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 127
From Jupiter
- HUGH ROBERT FLEMISTERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- CHARLES WALLACE JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANK BENAKFireman · December 11, 1969
- JAY WESLY LADNERLance Corporal · March 7, 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.