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GEORGE HARVEY WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 10, 1941 – May 16, 1967
Service recordGeorge Harvey Williams, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 12
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Born
- April 10, 1941
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 12
- HARRY MARSHALL WADSWORTHCorporal · May 16, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WIXSONPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- ROBERT RAY BOYDCaptain · May 17, 1967
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 1967
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.