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MARSHALL WAYNE WILLIAMS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 5, 1944 – October 19, 1971
Service recordMarshall Wayne Williams, of Austin, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1971, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 44
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Composite Aviation Unit Commander (1987)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1971; four of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 44
- JOHN HENRY BROWNPrivate First Class · October 18, 1971
- ROBERT NUGENT BROWNFirst Lieutenant · October 19, 1971
- CALVIN BUSTER CHILDRESSSergeant First Class · October 19, 1971
- FLOYD WENDELL FRAZIER JRSergeant · October 19, 1971
- BILLIE LEE COLEMANSergeant First Class · October 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EARL WHITEMAN IICaptain · Panel 2W, Line 42
- RICKY MICHAEL ARIENSSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 43
- ALAN RANSOM BOONECaptain · Panel 2W, Line 43
- CALVIN BUSTER CHILDRESSSergeant First Class · Panel 2W, Line 44
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.