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JOSEPH THOMAS WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 20, 1944 – September 23, 1966
Service recordJoseph Thomas Williams, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 5
- CARMELO ROMAN-AGUILARPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- OLIN RICHARD THRUSHCorporal · September 23, 1966
- JOHN THEODORE KLUMPPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND E FLEMING JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 1
- DAVID ROSS AIKENPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 2
- LLOYD LEE GOODINGPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 2
- PAUL GORDON HAZENSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 3
- FRANK CHARLES HUBICSAKPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 3
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 3
- ANTONIO RICHARD OSUNASergeant First Class · Panel 11E, Line 4
- WILLIAM MACKS SHETRONSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 4
- CARMELO ROMAN-AGUILARPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 5
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.