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JACK ELWIN WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 10, 1948 – March 8, 1969
Service recordJack Elwin Williams, of Eureka, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 83
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Eureka, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 83
- HECTOR MANUEL VEGA-DIAZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- CLIFTON FRED WAGNERSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- ROY DEAN WIMMERPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- ROY GLENN ZUFELTSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED ELI ALVEY JRCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 72
- ROBERT EARL GRANTCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 75
- RANDALL LLOYD HARVEYSergeant First Class · Panel 30W, Line 75
- EARL THOMAS HOAGSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 76
- ROGER HAYDEN HOWESCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 76
- MATTHEW EDWARD MORTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 79
- JOHN LARRY MOTLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 79
- JAMES MICHAEL NORMANPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 79
- ROGER WAYNE SMELSERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 81
- DAVID EDWARD THEOBALDPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 82
- LEON TISDALESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 82
From Eureka
- DOUGLAS FRANK QUINNPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DANIEL ARTHUR PATTERSONLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- GENE ELWOOD CALPHMaster Sergeant · June 22, 1967
- DENNIS ERWIN GABBERTSpecialist Four · September 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- PETER ALAN HILLPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- FRANK EBERLY HEADLEY IVSergeant · April 1, 1968
- JAMES MITCHELL TRIMBLECorporal · April 6, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN CARLINCaptain · January 16, 1969
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.