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JOHN KIRBY WILLIAMS
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 21, 1943 – August 9, 1967
Service recordJohn Kirby Williams, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 9, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 98
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Steelworker (SW)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO NMCB 1 3 NC BDE
- Born
- June 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO NMCB 1 3 NC BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 98
- HARVEY EUGENE WYNNPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES BENNETTLance Corporal · August 10, 1967
- THOMAS GERARD DINEEN JRSecond Lieutenant · August 10, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD TIGUE JRSergeant · August 10, 1967
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.