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KENNETH CORNEY WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 19, 1951 – January 11, 1972
Service recordKenneth Corney Williams, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1972, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 97
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 19, 1951
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 97
- CARLTON LEO DIXONSergeant · January 13, 1972
- STARLING G HAWKINSSergeant · January 14, 1972
- DAVID ERWIN VICKERSSergeant · January 14, 1972
- RICHARD LEWIS WILSONPrivate First Class · January 14, 1972
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.