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MAXIE R WILLIAMS JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 9, 1945 – April 10, 1968
Service recordMaxie R Williams JR, of Waverly, Tennessee, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- May 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Waverly, Tennessee (Humphreys County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 17
- ROBERT WARREN MADSONSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- TOMMY DALE WALKERSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- CHARLES EARL WILCOX JRSergeant First Class · April 10, 1968
- JESSE LAVERN WILLOUGHBYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
From Waverly
- WILLIAM HYRAM MOOREPrivate First Class · February 27, 1969
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.