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HILLARD EVANS WILLIAMS
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 18, 1925 – November 28, 1967
Service recordHillard Evans Williams, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 2
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1925
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1967
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 2
- SAM TENORIOSergeant · November 28, 1967
- EDWARD FRANCIS ZACKOWSKISergeant · November 28, 1967
- DWIGHT FARWELL BENNETT JRLance Corporal · November 29, 1967
- RODERICK WAYNE BREAULTCorporal · November 29, 1967
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.