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JAMES EDGAR WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 7, 1945 – October 20, 1968
Service recordJames Edgar Williams, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Spartanburg, South Carolina (Spartanburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 9
- FRANCIS VINCENT BARONCorporal · October 21, 1968
- WILLIAM PARKER BOWMANMaster Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- ARTHUR LOGAN BREWERTechnical Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM BRUCKTechnical Sergeant · October 21, 1968
From Spartanburg
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- DONALD THOMAS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- CHARLES BENJAMIN NORRISSergeant · April 21, 1966
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY CANTRELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- JERRY DEAN WORTHYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · May 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWIN WOODLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JIMMIE LEWISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- GAREY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
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.