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JOHN GRADY WILLIAMS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1942 – February 7, 1965
Service recordJohn Grady Williams JR, of Mt Holly, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 7, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 86
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
- Aircraft Cryptographic Systems Technician, Ima (6422)
- Born
- May 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Mt Holly, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1E, Line 86
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- JESSE ANDREW PYLESpecialist Five · February 7, 1965
- EMMETT JOSEPH BRYANTStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- CARLTON JAKE HOLLANDCaptain · February 9, 1965
From Mt Holly
- CRAIG ERIC MCCORKLESpecialist Four · September 2, 1967
- CHARLES LEE LYMANPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- NORMAN LEE PLEMMONSSergeant · May 4, 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.