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HOWARD C WILLIAMS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 3, 1943 – April 17, 1968
Service recordHoward C Williams JR, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 35
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 35
- WILLIAM JOHN DOLANPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- DENNIS FRANKLIN WESTBROOKPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- TOMMIE DORSEY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- DAVID KEITH WYRICKPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PATRICK BOYLESergeant · Panel 50E, Line 26
- ROBERT CLOYCE HAMPSHIRESpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 28
- THOMAS JAY HAYES IVCaptain · Panel 50E, Line 29
- GEORGE ALEX HUDSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 29
- ROBERT FRANK SERIOCaptain · Panel 50E, Line 33
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.