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GEORGE ANTHONY WILLIAMS
Private · U.S. Army
December 15, 1944 – June 20, 1966
Service recordGeorge Anthony Williams, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 70
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1944
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 70
- EDWIN HAROLD SORNSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JOHN WALLACE TUNNELLLieutenant Commander · June 20, 1966
- EDDIE VASQUEZCorporal · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITINGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST ALSTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 63
- CURTIS HERMAN BULLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 64
- WAYNE LEE EVITTSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 66
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 66
- FREDERICK ALLEN PHOEBUSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 68
- BOBBY SENTERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 69
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.