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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Harold David Williams.

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HAROLD DAVID WILLIAMS

Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

June 12, 1932 – December 25, 1967

Service record

Harold David Williams, of Aberdeen, North Carolina, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 25, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 32E · Line 60

Position of Panel 32E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
June 12, 1932
Home of record
Aberdeen, North Carolina (Moore County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 25, 1967
Age
35
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Infectious Disease

Context · from the records

What was happening

24 names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 32E, Line 60

From Aberdeen

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.