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HUEY WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 3, 1945 – March 9, 1969
Service recordHuey Williams, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 97
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 97
- RAYMOND LEROY TACKEMajor · March 8, 1969
- CHARLES FRANK STURMASergeant · March 9, 1969
- THOMAS GAINES TURNERSergeant · March 9, 1969
- JAMES HOWELL WALLSergeant · March 9, 1969
- TIM LEROY WALTERSStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEON BEARDSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 84
- RANDY RONELL BOYKINSCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 85
- LESTER DANCHETZPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 86
- ALTON LEE ELLISPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 87
- STEVEN CHARLES ERBENTRAUTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 87
- CALVIN NORMAN JRSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 87
- DAVID JAMES HORDERNCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 90
- RICHARD ARTHUR LAMEIRASSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 90
- MICHAEL PATRICK OCONNORCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 93
- DOUGLAS NOEL ROWECorporal · Panel 30W, Line 95
- DONALD LEE SHIRLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 96
- JESSE BRENT STEVENSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 96
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
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.