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HOWARD WILLIAMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 18, 1941 – February 20, 1968
Service recordHoward Williams, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 50
- RICHARD DEWEY VICKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- JOSEPH PAUL ZALESpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- DALE EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 21, 1968
- WALTER GILMORE ANDERSONPetty Officer First Class · February 21, 1968
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.