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MELVIN JAMES WILLIAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 28, 1948 – April 23, 1971
Service recordMelvin James Williams, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 6
- BERNARDO RODRIGUE ALVAREZCorporal · April 24, 1971
- BILL EDWARD BLANTONSergeant · April 24, 1971
- ALLEN THOMAS BOEHMSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
- JOHN WESLEY WILSONSpecialist Five · April 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MICHAEL FUHRMANCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 5
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.