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HERBERT WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 21, 1946 – November 4, 1968
Service recordHerbert Williams, of Marshall, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 19
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Marshall, Texas (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 19
- ALLAN ROBERT TYLERSergeant · November 4, 1968
- TIMOTHY HOWARD WEAKSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
- BARNEY JOE WHITESpecialist Four · November 4, 1968
- BILLIE WELDON WILKINSONSergeant First Class · November 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDSALL A FRICKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39W, Line 16
From Marshall
- FREDDY DEAN DODSONPrivate First Class · June 30, 1964
- JAMES WIMBERLEY LEWISColonel · April 7, 1965
- JOE HERBERT EPPSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- RICHARD A WORTHPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JAMES GRADY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- MARION EDWARD WAUGHMajor · May 5, 1968
- SAM JONESLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- PATRICK LYNN BLAIRSergeant · March 21, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD MANNINGCorporal · May 12, 1969
- EDWARD LEE DAVISSpecialist Four · September 8, 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.