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HAROLD DAVID WILLIAMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 29, 1947 – August 1, 1969
Service recordHarold David Williams, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 84
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 84
- JAMES THACKERGunnery Sergeant · August 1, 1969
- FRANK DANIEL WALTHERSCorporal · August 1, 1969
- ROBERT GLEN ARDOINSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- DAVID MARTIN BALLSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS CASTILLOSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 83
- FRANK DANIEL WALTHERSCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 84
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.