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NATHAN C WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 21, 1940 – January 8, 1967
Service recordNathan C Williams, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 21, 1940
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 129
- FENNELL TATEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN ABRAMSLance Corporal · January 9, 1967
- JAMES RAYMOND ARTHURSpecialist Four · January 9, 1967
- ROBERT W BARTON JRPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JAMES MANNSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 126
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.