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JOSEPH PIERCE WILLIAMS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 19, 1946 – April 5, 1967
Service recordJoseph Pierce Williams, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 107
- CHESTER EARL ROWE JRCorporal · April 5, 1967
- CHARLES LOWELL SALTERCorporal · April 5, 1967
- RONALD RUSSELL SCHNAIDTAirman First Class · April 5, 1967
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCRUGGSCorporal · April 5, 1967
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 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.