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LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMS
Captain · U.S. Army
August 2, 1932 – March 23, 1963
Service recordLavester Lee Williams, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 1E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- August 2, 1932
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1963
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1963. In March 1963, 6 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 20
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- FLOYD ROBERT DAVISPrivate First Class · March 21, 1963
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
From Oklahoma City
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- JAMES L HUDSPETHPrivate First Class · March 26, 1966
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.