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HOWARD WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 1, 1950 – May 14, 1971
Service recordHoward Williams, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 1, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 35
- DONALD MAURICE POKECorporal · May 14, 1971
- ALLEN DEAN SCOGGINStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1971
- STEVEN CRAIG BURNSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1971
- LAWRENCE RUSSELL DANCESergeant · May 15, 1971
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.