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HOWARD EUGENE WILLIAMS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 6, 1943 – December 7, 1969
Service recordHoward Eugene Williams JR, of Chamblee, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 37
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
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Chamblee, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 37
- WEBB HERMAN LAYTON JRStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1969
- MICHAEL WAYNE LEIFSergeant · December 7, 1969
- JERRY DON PATTONPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
- KENNETH ALAN RICHEYSergeant · December 7, 1969
From Chamblee
- THOMAS VINCENT MAYBURYLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- CHARLES HOWARD RAMPLEYSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
- LARRY RICHARD TODDSergeant · April 26, 1968
- MORRIS A MALLARD JRSergeant First Class · August 7, 1968
- RONALD FRANK GREENSergeant · September 26, 1968
- DONALD LEE HARRISONMajor · October 29, 1968
- WOLFRAM J KRETSCHMANNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- BILLY GENE CREECHFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1969
- JAMES ALTON COWAN JRSergeant · June 18, 1969
- MAJOR BOONE MORGAN JRCorporal · August 21, 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.