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JAMES BERNARD WILLIAMS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 19, 1949 – May 29, 1969
Service recordJames Bernard Williams JR, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 19
- CRAIG EDWARD YATESCorporal · May 29, 1969
- JAMES FRANCIS BECKERCorporal · May 30, 1969
- GERALD DEAN BELLSergeant · May 30, 1969
- STEVEN EUGENE BROWNPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
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.