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LAMAR LONGO WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 7, 1950 – April 13, 1971
Service recordLamar Longo Williams, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 122
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 122
- ALTON REESE ROBERTSSpecialist Five · April 13, 1971
- ELMER TIM ROSSSergeant First Class · April 13, 1971
- RENE AUGUST ZIMMERLEPrivate First Class · April 13, 1971
- TERRY JOE BAILEYCorporal · April 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 121
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.