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JIMMY LAVERNE WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 12, 1947 – May 17, 1966
Service recordJimmy Laverne Williams, of Wetumpka, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 78
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Wetumpka, Alabama (Elmore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 78
- COSMO LEONARD BARONEPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- LEWIS NEAL WELSHLance Corporal · May 17, 1966
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- ARTHUR P WRIGHTCaptain · May 17, 1966
- JOSE YBANEZSpecialist Five · May 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTIS WESLEY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 66
- RICHARD WILLIAM BULLOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 68
- WALTER L BURROUGHSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 68
- TONY DEDMANSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 69
- KENNETH EUGENE DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 69
- FELIX ESPARZA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 70
- ALLEN MORGAN GARRETTPrivate · Panel 7E, Line 71
- EDWARD HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 71
- JOHNNY HARRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 71
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 74
- WILLIAM E WALTERSSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 77
From Wetumpka
- WILLIE JAMES COTTRELLStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1968
- LARRY DAVIDSON COOKPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- THOMAS EARL OWENSPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- ABRAHAM POWELLStaff Sergeant · April 14, 1971
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.