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JOEL WILLIAMS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 9, 1938 – July 7, 1967
Service recordJoel Williams JR, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 33
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
- Wireman (2511)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 9, 1938
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HS CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 33
- JAMES FRANCIS TRITTPetty Officer Second Class · July 7, 1967
- HILARIO PIZARR VILLANUEVAPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS ROY WALSHPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- GLENDON LEE WATERSStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1967
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 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.