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GEORGE JOSEPH WILLIAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 27, 1949 – December 30, 1967
Service recordGeorge Joseph Williams, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 6
- MURRAY LAMAR WORTHAMCaptain · December 30, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD ADAMSWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1967
- GLENN ARTHUR BELCHERMajor · December 31, 1967
- JAMES ARLIA BLANKENSHIPPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SCOTT HOWARD COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 2
- RICHARD GERALD GODBOUTSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 2
- WILLIAM CARL MARKLE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 3
- WYLIE ORIA PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 4
- LOUIS SUTERA JRSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 5
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.