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HOWARD KEITH WILLIAMS
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
October 25, 1936 – March 18, 1968
Service recordHoward Keith Williams, of Steubenville, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 18, 1968, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 32
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115B)
- Born
- October 25, 1936
- Home of record
- Steubenville, Ohio (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 18, 1968
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
82 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 45E, Line 32
- GARRY EUGENE KINGStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1968
- KENNETH EUGENE WILLARD JRPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- CLINTON CARL WUSTERBARTHCorporal · March 18, 1968
- DAVID HUGH WYRICKLieutenant · March 18, 1968
From Steubenville
- FREDERICK LEE RYANPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- JOHN R CANIFFSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- CHARLES HOMER BALLPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS FRANCIS MASTROIANNIPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- ARTHUR ELLIOTT JONESSergeant · March 28, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ENSELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- JAMES WARREN ALLEN JRCorporal · November 8, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN LULLAFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1968
- CALVIN CHARLES GLOVERChief Master Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS NALLEYCorporal · November 24, 1968
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.