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LEE ARTHUR WILLIAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 20, 1948 – June 10, 1969
Service recordLee Arthur Williams, of West Helena, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 17
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 20, 1948
- Home of record
- West Helena, Arkansas (Phillips County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 17
- JAMES LOUIS ASHERCorporal · June 11, 1969
- EDWIN EVERETTE AXTONSergeant · June 11, 1969
- DAVID OWEN BIGGSSergeant · June 11, 1969
- HAROLD MILTON BROWNStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GLYNN THOMAS CAHOONSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 11
- RICARDO JOSE GOMEZCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 12
- JAMES HOPPER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 13
- JAMES ARTHUR KRUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 14
- DAVID WILLIAM WALSHCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 16
From West Helena
- BILLY STANLEY ARMSTRONGPetty Officer Second Class · June 16, 1968
- JAMES LEE GETTERPrivate · March 16, 1971
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.