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JAMES RAYMOND WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 2, 1946 – July 17, 1968
Service recordJames Raymond Williams, of Clio, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 1
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Clio, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 1
- DALE LARRY WEAVERLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- JOE BUCK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- LARRY DEAN WINTERTONLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- THOMAS ALPHONSE WOOLRIDGESergeant · July 17, 1968
From Clio
- GARY LEE WEAVERLance Corporal · December 22, 1967
- RALPH CHARLES MUNSEYPetty Officer Second Class · April 16, 1969
- BENJAMIN LEE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- CHARLES ERVIN STEFFLERSergeant · April 15, 1970
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.