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HAROLD ALLEN WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 21, 1946 – June 9, 1968
Service recordHarold Allen Williams, of Marion, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Born
- March 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Marion, Virginia (Smyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 16
- WILLIAM ANTHONY PATTERSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- EMORY DAVID VOORHIESCorporal · June 9, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY WILSON JRLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- JACK LEE WOOLSEYLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
From Marion
- WILLIAM CHESTER MEEKPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- ROGER L DILLMANStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- BILLY RAY MORRISTechnical Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- GROVER WILLIS THOMPSONCaptain · January 12, 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.