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JOHNNY BEE WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 4, 1944 – September 16, 1968
Service recordJohnny Bee Williams, of Nacogdoches, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Nacogdoches, Texas (Nacogdoches County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 11
- WILLIAM HENRY WHITEFirst Sergeant · September 16, 1968
- ARNOLD BRUCE WIMBERLYStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE ADAMSCorporal · September 17, 1968
- ERNEST JOHN BAYNESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
From Nacogdoches
- JERRY MACK WALLAirman First Class · May 18, 1966
- RALPH BAMFORD WALKER IICaptain · May 29, 1967
- LARRY TRAVIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- WILLIAM TRAVIS MATLOCKSergeant · June 12, 1969
- HARREL EARL STEARNSCorporal · June 16, 1969
- WADE ANTHONY GREERCaptain · November 5, 1969
- SAMUEL ROY LYNCHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1970
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.