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JAMES EARL WILLIAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 26, 1947 – March 3, 1968
Service recordJames Earl Williams, of Columbus, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Mississippi (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 59
- JOHN THOMAS WELSHANMajor · March 3, 1968
- RAY HOUSTON WOODSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- RANDALL LEE YOUNGPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM ABERNATHYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE BORGMANPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 47
- PHILIP MARVIN CREWSSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 49
- FRANK ROBERT DIMMITTCaptain · Panel 42E, Line 49
- ERNEST EUGENE FAWKSSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 50
- HENRY NORFLEET JRCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 54
From Columbus
- BENJAMIN F LIDDELL IIIPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- JERRY DALE HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- KENNETH RAY CLOPTONSergeant · July 2, 1967
- LARRY HUSTON WALDENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- FREEMAN BOLENSpecialist Four · March 31, 1968
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MOORESergeant · April 11, 1968
- ROBERT SAMUEL CLARK JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1968
- ROCKFORD GREY EVERETTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- WILLIE WHITFIELD JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- ROY LEE HENLEYCorporal · September 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.