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GOLER JUNIOR WILLIAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 11, 1940 – November 12, 1967
Service recordGoler Junior Williams, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 86
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
- Central Office Switchboard Operator (72C)
- Born
- August 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 29E, Line 86
- JACK MILTON SMITHSecond Lieutenant · November 12, 1967
- CHARLES A SPRINGERCaptain · November 12, 1967
- LEONARD ALAN THOMASPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN WARRENLance Corporal · November 12, 1967
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 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.