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GEORGE HARDY WILLIAMS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 1, 1951 – April 23, 1971
Service recordGeorge Hardy Williams JR, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1951
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 5
- ROBERT MICHAEL FUHRMANCorporal · April 23, 1971
- ROY LANE NELSONFirst Lieutenant · April 23, 1971
- DALE EDWARD SORENSENCorporal · April 23, 1971
- PATRICK WAYNE TERRYCorporal · April 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD WALTER CORCORANSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 4
- NORMAN CHARLES FISCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 4
- DALE EDWARD SORENSENCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 5
- PATRICK WAYNE TERRYCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 5
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.