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LEONARD TAYLOR WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 1, 1947 – July 25, 1967
Service recordLeonard Taylor Williams, of Ft Defiance, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 25, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO BLT 2/3 9 MAB
- Born
- September 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Defiance, Virginia (Augusta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G CO BLT 2/3 9 MAB”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 1
- THOMAS JOSEPH SZYDLOPrivate First Class · July 25, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM F WARNERSecond Lieutenant · July 25, 1967
- LEWIS DIXON WILMOTHSpecialist Four · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD BRAZIKCaptain · July 26, 1967
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.