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JOHN DEWEY WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 5, 1946 – October 14, 1967
Service recordJohn Dewey Williams, of Butler, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 6
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Butler, Illinois (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 6
- WILLIAM IVAN WHITEPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- LAWRENCE ADAM WOJCIKPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY WORLEYPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES YAGHOOBIAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WOODY JOE FROSTCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 109
- HENRY J FUGETTSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 109
- WILLIAM RICHARD HENRYCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 1
- KURT BYRON PEARSONCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 3
- ROBERT A VANBALLEGOOYENPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 3
From Butler
- RAYMOND GLENN BEAMSpecialist Four · January 18, 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.