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HOWARD LANIER WILLIAMSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 23, 1950 – June 3, 1970
Service recordHoward Lanier Williamson, of Opelika, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 6
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- April 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Opelika, Alabama (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 6
- BUSTER LEROY SCOTTPrivate First Class · June 3, 1970
- RODERICK KENNETH TOLBERTSergeant · June 3, 1970
- EARL RAY WEBB JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- BILL GENE WILLIAMSSergeant · June 3, 1970
From Opelika
- CHARLES EARNEST HOODPrivate · October 25, 1967
- BROADUS DALE HILYERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1968
- ERNEST AUSTIN BAKER JRCorporal · May 21, 1968
- JOSEPH HAYDEN KENNEYSecond Lieutenant · June 24, 1969
- DAVID WILLARD SMITHPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- DONNIE STEPHEN BARTLETTPrivate First Class · March 11, 1970
- MILTON CHARLES HUNTERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
- CHARLES M EARNESTCommander · November 28, 1972
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.