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HENRY BRAXTON WILLIAMS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 8, 1946 – March 11, 1968
Service recordHenry Braxton Williams JR, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 23
- GERALD FRANCIS WERNSDORFERSpecialist Four · March 11, 1968
- WILLIE AMOS WILLIAMSCorporal · March 11, 1968
- DON FRANKLIN WORLEYStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD LILIENTHALSpecialist Four · March 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH CARLOS CARVAJALPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 15
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
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.