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IRA WINARD WILLIAMS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 15, 1946 – June 27, 1967
Service recordIra Winard Williams, of Baxley, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 75
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Baxley, Georgia (Appling County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1967; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 75
- WILLIAM JACK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- KENNETH RAY WRIGHTLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- ROGER LEE BLAKEPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD BROOMEPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
From Baxley
- HARLEY DANIEL BECKWORTHStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- MALVIN LOWE NASWORTHY JRCorporal · May 16, 1966
- NEWELL FERRELL LEIGH JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- KENNETH ROGER RUSHINGFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1971
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.