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MAURICE THERON WILLIAMS
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 13, 1938 – February 17, 1968
Service recordMaurice Theron Williams, of Ocala, Florida, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 13, 1938
- Home of record
- Ocala, Florida (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 78
- GARY RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- CURTIS FRANK THURMANLieutenant · February 17, 1968
- DAVID HOWARD WARNERCorporal · February 17, 1968
- WILBURN EDWARD WESTERStaff Sergeant · February 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILBURN EDWARD WESTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 78
From Ocala
- HAROLD GOLDMANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM ROWLAND JRCorporal · January 23, 1966
- GEORGE AARON MORNINGSTARSergeant · June 9, 1966
- DONALD GENE VERNONSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- SAMUEL T SCRIVENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- JIMMIE LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- OSCAR LOW THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HOPPERLance Corporal · October 28, 1967
- LUCIUS ANDERSON JRSergeant · March 14, 1968
- DONALD RAY BROGDONCorporal · May 6, 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.