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JAMES U WILLIAMS III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 4, 1949 – December 23, 1968
Service recordJames U Williams III, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 71
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)
- Born
- September 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 71
- JAMES ALBERT TUELLERSergeant · December 23, 1968
- DENNIS ALLEN BORLANDCorporal · December 24, 1968
- LEE MURRAY BROOKSSpecialist Four · December 24, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD BROWNLEEColonel · December 24, 1968
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
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.