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JOHN DILLARD WILLIAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 1, 1947 – October 1, 1968
Service recordJohn Dillard Williams, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 57
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 1, 1947
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 57
- JOHN EDWIN JACOBSPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- JOSEPH LANNON JRPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- JOE ROBERT LAURENCEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- ROCCO ROSARIO LUCISANOPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH MICHAEL PLAVCANSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 59
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.