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KERMIT LOUIS WILLIAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 22, 1947 – September 18, 1968
Service recordKermit Louis Williams, of Clinton, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 32
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Clinton, North Carolina (Sampson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 43W, Line 32
- RICHARD FRANK WILLIAMSFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- CALVIN KERMIT COONLance Corporal · September 18, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD WITKOWSKIPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD ZIBURA JRCorporal · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE BROWNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 25
- GILFORD FRANK DASHNERCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 26
- JOHN FRANCIS DOWNEY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 26
- RAYMOND JAMES ENNERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 26
- CHARLES LLOYD FREEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 27
- JAMES OMER FRYMANCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 27
- ROBERT LAWRENCE JANOWITZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 28
- GILBERT MERILL MAESTASSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 29
- ALFRED M SCHROEDER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 30
- J B SPEARMONSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 31
- DONALD EUGENE TURNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 31
From Clinton
- HOWARD CECIL WESTSpecialist Four · December 11, 1966
- ELBERT THOMAS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- KENNETH PETE WILSONSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER HIAWATHA BELLPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- CHARLES LONNELL MCLAURINPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
- LAWRENCE MOBLEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- SAMUEL EDWARD BRYANTPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD DANIELSSergeant · July 27, 1969
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.