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JOHN RAY WILLIAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1947 – November 29, 1968
Service recordJohn Ray Williams, of Marlinton, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 9
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Marlinton, West Virginia (Pocahontas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1968; seven of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 9
- ARTHUR EDWARD BADER JRSergeant First Class · July 29, 1968
- HENRY LEWIS ROGERSPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
- GEORGE BERKLEY ALGERSpecialist Five · November 30, 1968
- RICHARD DICK AMBRUSOSpecialist Four · November 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN RICKEY GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 6
- ERVIN ELLIS HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 6
- BILLY EUGENE HUGHES IISergeant · Panel 37W, Line 6
- JESUS QUINENE MENOPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 6
- JOHN SHELBY POOLERSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 7
- TED JAMES RULEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 7
- WILLIAM MILLER VITALEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 8
From Marlinton
- LUSTER CLARK FRIELPrivate First Class · April 15, 1966
- SAMUEL DEWEY RIDER JRSergeant · March 3, 1968
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.