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JOHN DAVID WILLIAMS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 25, 1947 – September 22, 1966
Service recordJohn David Williams, of Claremont, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 22, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 1
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Claremont, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 1
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- GEORGE WYCINSKY JRPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- RAYMOND E FLEMING JRPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
From Claremont
- STEWART ROBBINS MOODYCaptain · January 3, 1970
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.