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JAMES A WILLIAMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 7, 1937 – August 13, 1968
Service recordJames A Williams, of Paducah, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1937
- Home of record
- Paducah, Kentucky (Mccracken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1968; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 9
- EDMOND RAY TOLERPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- DARRELL LYNN TRUMBLELance Corporal · August 13, 1968
- ALLEN LEA WARDPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- LEON DAVID WILLARDPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 6
- CHARLES LEE LYMANPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 7
- THOMAS WILLIAM MATTESONPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 7
- DONALD EUGENE PRAGMANPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 8
- EDMOND RAY TOLERPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 9
From Paducah
- BILLY JOE WATKINSStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1967
- KENNETH RAY WRIGHTLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- BILLIE TAYLOR PRESSONCaptain · September 20, 1967
- DON POTTERSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- GIVEN WEST BRADLEYSpecialist Four · February 11, 1968
- JAMES DALE CRUSEHospitalman · June 15, 1968
- WILLIAM LEON VICKChief Warrant Officer 3 · August 30, 1968
- JOHN R HORNSBYSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- ARTHUR DALE LINDSEYPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- ROY RUDOLPH WHITESIDEPetty Officer First Class · October 11, 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.