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JAMES THOMAS WILLIAMS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 24, 1946 – May 14, 1967
Service recordJames Thomas Williams, of Fairburn, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 14, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 124
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Fairburn, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 124
- MILLIGAN RUDOLPH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- REIMUNDO AGUILARLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- JULIAN ALONZOPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOE ARREGUINPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
From Fairburn
- ROGER DARRIEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN JOINERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- CHARLIE LARRY WILDERSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
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.