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JOE LEE WILLIAMS
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
November 15, 1936 – August 5, 1964
Service recordJoe Lee Williams, of Homer, Louisiana, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 5, 1964, in North Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 29
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Temp/Perm Disability Retired List (120 Days Or Less)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS TICONDEROGA (CVA-14)
- Born
- November 15, 1936
- Home of record
- Homer, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1964
- Age
- 27
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Blunt Force
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1964. In August 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 29
- HENRY ARTHUR GRETTENPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL HOARPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WALTER KISALAPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- CHARLES TERRELL PITTMANSpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
From Homer
- JOHN H THOMPSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DELRIEPrivate First Class · June 26, 1967
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.