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MACK WILBERT WILLIAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 7, 1947 – June 25, 1968
Service recordMack Wilbert Williams, of Apache, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Apache, Oklahoma (Caddo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 1
- PHILLIP MURRY WEDDINGTONPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- JORGE L BATISTA-RODRIGUEZPlatoon Sergeant · June 26, 1968
- RICHARD TERRY BRONSONSergeant · June 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY HUDGINS BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 33
- IVY GALE CHILDRESSSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 33
- CHARLES JAMES HUZICKOSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 35
- PHILLIP ROGERSSpecialist Five · Panel 55W, Line 37
- RICHARD SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · Panel 55W, Line 38
- ROBERTO BRAGHINI JRSergeant First Class · Panel 55W, Line 39
- DENNIS EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 39
- DOMINIC UNGARO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 39
- PHILLIP MURRY WEDDINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 1
From Apache
- JAMES M MCCLUREPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- PASCAL CLEATUS POOLAW SRFirst Sergeant · November 7, 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.