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JOHN VINSON WILLIAMS JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 27, 1938 – October 6, 1970
Service recordJohn Vinson Williams JR, of Richmond, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 6, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 116
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 27, 1938
- Home of record
- Richmond, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 116
- JAMES VERNON LLOYDSergeant First Class · October 5, 1970
- DANNY JEAN SHORESSpecialist Four · October 6, 1970
- RUBEN BOSQUEZ SUNIGASpecialist Four · October 6, 1970
- EDWARD WILLIAM WITHEEPetty Officer First Class · October 6, 1970
From Richmond
- WILLIAM ROBERT MOORELance Corporal · December 16, 1965
- EDWARD N LEONARDPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOSE YBANEZSpecialist Five · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- JOHN HENRY BUTCHER JRSergeant Major · April 16, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL AKSTINCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DAVID ALAN ROBINCorporal · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 1967
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.