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LARRY JOE WILLIAMS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 17, 1946 – March 24, 1967
Service recordLarry Joe Williams, of New Madrid, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 40
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 7 TANK BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 17, 1946
- Home of record
- New Madrid, Missouri (New Madrid County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 40
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
- JACK THOMAS STEWARTMajor · March 24, 1967
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- JODIE VARNER WELCH JRCorporal · March 24, 1967
From New Madrid
- CHARLES EDWARD PATTERSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- ALLISON A WESTBROOKS JRSpecialist Five · January 20, 1968
- JEWEL EDWARD MCCLATCHEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- CLIFFORD JAMES RUSHSergeant · October 24, 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.