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JOSEPH MICHAEL WILLIAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 19, 1947 – May 20, 1968
Service recordJoseph Michael Williams, of Nebo, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 10
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Nebo, Illinois (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 10
- RICHARD ALAN WESTERNStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES WOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1968
- MELVIN WOODCorporal · May 20, 1968
- BILLIE RAY ACREESergeant · May 21, 1968
From Nebo
- JAY CLAYTON SHELBYSpecialist Four · March 1, 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.