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GERALD DAN WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 25, 1949 – November 20, 1968
Service recordGerald Dan Williams, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 22
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 22
- JESSE LEWIS ADAMSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- DANIEL JOHN ALBERTSergeant · November 21, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE ARMSTRONGLance Corporal · November 21, 1968
- JERRY BAKERSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 14
- THOMAS JOHN BURTONPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 15
- LEONARD BEATTY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 16
- JEFFREY LYNN HICKSSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 18
- BENNY JAMES SAPPPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 20
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.