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GLEN RAYMOND WILLIAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 28, 1947 – November 4, 1967
Service recordGlen Raymond Williams, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 23
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Cherry Hill, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 23
- JERRY LEE WIGGINSCorporal · November 4, 1967
- THOMAS ELROY BALL JRSpecialist Four · November 5, 1967
- EARL GLENN COBEILLieutenant Colonel · November 5, 1967
- BOBBY GENE PATRICKSergeant · November 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 18
- JIMMY RAY BAGGARLYPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 18
- DAVID MACK HERENDONPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 19
From Cherry Hill
- GEORGE RICHARD OBERMEIERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- BARRIE MYRON NEWTONLance Corporal · May 5, 1969
- JONATHAN R VARSWarrant Officer 1 · July 17, 1969
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.