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JAMES GORDON WILLIAMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1937 – May 3, 1967
Service recordJames Gordon Williams, of Inverness, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 33
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 12, 1937
- Home of record
- Inverness, Florida (Citrus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 19E, Line 33
- JOHN EARL SWEESYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JULIO A TORRES-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- DAVID VERBILLAPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
From Inverness
- RICHARD SMITH LOWESWarrant Officer 1 · March 5, 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.