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LEROY WILLIAMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 18, 1933 – September 25, 1967
Service recordLeroy Williams, of Greenville, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Traffic Management Coordinator (71N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 498 USARV
- Born
- April 18, 1933
- Home of record
- Greenville, Mississippi (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 13
- ALLEN DEWAYNE SMITHLance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- DOUGLAS C STARRYSpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- PAUL RAY STATONPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- HAROLD J STURGILL JRSpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
From Greenville
- LAWRENCE BEVERLY MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- RANDOLPH DAVISSergeant · November 3, 1966
- ANTHONY THOMASSpecialist Four · February 9, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK QUINNSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- THOMAS MURL JAGGERSCorporal · May 4, 1967
- CHARLES MILTONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- THOMAS BARRY ALLENSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- JERRY W ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1968
- ISAIAH LAWS JRPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
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.