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LOUIS WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 29, 1948 – April 15, 1968
Service recordLouis Williams, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 8
- PATRICK FRANCIS SCHAROSCHSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- KENNETH DALE SCHWARTZSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- DENNIS RAYMOND SIETSEMALance Corporal · April 15, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE SLOANSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LEE KLIMPKESpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 5
- JOHN JOSEPH OBRIENSecond Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 6
- KENNETH DALE SCHWARTZSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 8
- JAMES ALLAN TREMBLAYPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 9
- JOHN EDWARD WALTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 9
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.