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HARVEY LEE WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 15, 1949 – September 17, 1969
Service recordHarvey Lee Williams, of Camden, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 107
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Camden, Arkansas (Ouachita County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 107
- RICHARD MATHIAS TURNERHospitalman · September 17, 1969
- WILLIAM HERMAN WAIDMAN JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
- JOHN WESLEY WALKERPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
- MICHAEL DALE WEEKSSpecialist Four · September 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LANE CHESEBROUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 100
- MICHAEL BRIAN MCGINNISPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 104
From Camden
- RILEY JERMANYPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- JAMES CARTHELL MCHENRYLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- WILLIAM HENDERSON MASONColonel · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES RANDEL HUTCHISONStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1968
- GERALD EUGENE BOOTH HAMMPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
- ALVIN WALLACE FORDSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- ALVIN GORDON JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- JERRY JAMES CURTISPrivate First Class · August 19, 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.