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JOEL STEPHEN WILLIAMSON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 1, 1944 – November 19, 1967
Service recordJoel Stephen Williamson, of East Meadow, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 19, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 36
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 1, 1944
- Home of record
- East Meadow, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 36
- CHARLES JOSEPH WATTERSMajor · November 19, 1967
- REMER GARTH WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE WILSON IVLance Corporal · November 19, 1967
- JOSEPH VINCENT ZELINSKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
From East Meadow
- LOWELL ASTLEY WOLFRIESStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1967
- KEVIN JAMES CARROLLPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- HAROLD EVERETT FETNERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- EDWARD ARNOLD VERCOUTERENCorporal · June 7, 1967
- PAUL ANDREW AVOLESEMajor · July 7, 1967
- EUGENE RICHARD SKOCHPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- CARL JOSEPH TANZOLA JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- JOHN GIRARD GLASSEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- GORDON ALAN MACMILLANCorporal · June 21, 1969
- RICHARD FRANK CRUDOLance Corporal · July 2, 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.