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JOE WILLIAMS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 2, 1947 – April 26, 1967
Service recordJoe Williams JR, of Pelham, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Handler (56A)
- Born
- April 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Pelham, Georgia (Mitchell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 99
- EDWARD SCOTT TOWEPlatoon Sergeant · April 26, 1967
- BRUCE REGINALD WILLIAMSMajor · April 26, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
- RONALD LEE BECKETTCorporal · April 27, 1967
From Pelham
- CARL LEE PALMERPlatoon Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- MORRIS JAMES POWELLSergeant · February 7, 1966
- EARNEST ALFRED TUCKER JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
- BILLY TEMPLETONPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- DONALD LAWRENCE GLOVERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- HARRIS ALAN FOLMARSecond Lieutenant · June 6, 1968
- MAXIE DEAN REGISTERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.