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GERALD PATRICK WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 11, 1946 – February 9, 1968
Service recordGerald Patrick Williams, of Oakland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
107 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1968; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 63
- WALTER RAYMOND WASCHICKPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- E D WORTHEYSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD WRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS WYANTSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD DEAN ALVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 42
- ALFRED HARLEN BLEIGH JRSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 44
- DARREL ANTHONY BONDROWSKICorporal · Panel 38E, Line 44
- RONALD LEE BROWNCorporal · Panel 38E, Line 45
- ROBERT SCOTT BYRNESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 46
- JOSEPH PETER CONKLINPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 47
- DONALD JACK HAILEStaff Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 50
- LAUREN JOSEPH HEYDINGERSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 51
- NORBERT PAUL HOLZAPFELStaff Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 52
- JOHN JOSEPH PALMIERIPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 58
- WILLIS CLIFFORD RHEAULTSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 59
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.