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JAMES JOSEPH WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1948 – July 2, 1968
Service recordJames Joseph Williams, of Ansonia, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 39
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Ansonia, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1968; seven 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 39
- CLARENCE CECIL RATLIFFMajor · July 2, 1968
- HENRY ALBERT TIPPINGColonel · July 2, 1968
- RONALD GENE WHITE SRSpecialist Five · July 2, 1968
- ARNOLD ALVIN ADESLance Corporal · July 3, 1968
From Ansonia
- ELMO MARINELLIPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- JOSEPH DAVID FRANCOLINISpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- DANIEL WILLIAM FOSTERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH FOYCorporal · November 3, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL TYSZKASpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- RAYMOND SUAREZ JRLieutenant Colonel · February 23, 1969
- RONALD A ASHECaptain · July 30, 1972
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.