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JAMES THOMAS WILLIAMS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 10, 1943 – March 1, 1971
Service recordJames Thomas Williams JR, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 15
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 10, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 15
- FRANK AGUAN SABLANSpecialist Four · March 1, 1971
- STEPHEN LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 1, 1971
- ALBERT TIJERINA JRCaptain · March 1, 1971
- ROBERT DALE UHLWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED LEMUEL KINCER IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 14
- STEPHEN LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 15
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.