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LARRY DALE WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 14, 1943 – May 5, 1968
Service recordLarry Dale Williams, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 36
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- August 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; nine of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 36
- JOSEPH GEORGE WOLFEFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- BILLARA WOLFORDSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM WRIGHT IIPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- RICHARD COLEMAN WYATTSeaman · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LESLIE DOWNINGPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 9
- HAROLD THOMAS HENESYSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 16
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.