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MICHAEL EARL WILLIAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 7, 1949 – January 28, 1971
Service recordMichael Earl Williams, of Shelbyville, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Shelbyville, Illinois (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 67
- DEAN ALLEN HARRISPrivate First Class · January 28, 1971
- RONALD MICHAEL RIGDONPrivate · January 28, 1971
- ARTHUR ALBERT SMITHSergeant · January 28, 1971
- HAROLD BENTON LINEBERGERColonel · January 29, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GARNEY BURLESON JRCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 66
From Shelbyville
- ROBERT STANLEY GREGGSpecialist Four · March 9, 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.