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JAMES ALEC WILLIAMS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 8, 1947 – July 1, 1968
Service recordJames Alec Williams, of Bishop, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 34
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
- December 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Bishop, California (Inyo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 34
- ROY LEE WHITTLESEYStaff Sergeant · July 1, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- GEORGE JOHN ANDERSONSergeant · July 2, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN DAIGREPONTSergeant · July 2, 1968
From Bishop
- HAROLD EUGENE WILLISPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- THOMAS MATTHEW HUNTLEYSpecialist Four · July 23, 1967
- ERIC MELVIN DEWEYPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- FRED ALBERT SLEMSEKPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- DONALD GUSTAV VOGETStaff Sergeant · February 13, 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.