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LEROY WILLIAMS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 7, 1942 – October 3, 1965
Service recordLeroy Williams JR, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Born
- April 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 105
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- CHARLES FRANKLIN ALLEN IICaptain · October 4, 1965
- CHARLES F DEAMARAL JRMajor · October 4, 1965
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
- SIM HENRY RIGGINS JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.