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JAMES S WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 27, 1946 – March 18, 1966
Service recordJames S Williams, of Munfordville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Munfordville, Kentucky (Hart County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1966
- Age
- 19
- 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 March 18, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 22
- DANIEL GILBERT STANDS JRPrivate First Class · March 18, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 1966
- ROBERT HAL CORLEYCorporal · March 19, 1966
- MARK FERRELL JRPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL GILBERT STANDS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 22
From Munfordville
- RHEA MARSHALL KIDDStaff Sergeant · May 13, 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.