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JOHNNY GLEN WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 18, 1950 – February 25, 1969
Service recordJohnny Glen Williams, of West Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 25, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 62
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 18, 1950
- Home of record
- West Chicago, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; 60 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 31W, Line 62
- JAMES EDWARD WELLSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- LARRY ALLEN WESSINGERLance Corporal · February 25, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD WISESpecialist Four · February 25, 1969
- LARRY LEE WOOLUMSpecialist Four · February 25, 1969
From West Chicago
- ALAN JAMES DEANCaptain · April 5, 1967
- RANDALL GORDON JACOBSpecialist Five · August 19, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY MILLERSpecialist Four · January 17, 1970
- DARRELL LEE COLFORDSergeant · November 8, 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.