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NEIL STEPHEN WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 8, 1944 – February 27, 1967
Service recordNeil Stephen Williams, of Jackson Heights, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 111
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Born
- February 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Jackson Heights, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 111
- CLARENCE VARNADOStaff Sergeant · February 27, 1967
- TRAVIS GARY WALDENSergeant · February 27, 1967
- BRIAN CHARLES WEHNERSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- RONALD LEE ZEMPELAirman · February 27, 1967
From Jackson Heights
- PAUL ANTHONY DEVERSLance Corporal · August 10, 1965
- JACK CHARLES RODRIGUEZPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- JAMES JOHN BROPHYCorporal · May 21, 1966
- STEPHEN WILLIAM PICKETTPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- JAMES TIERNOCorporal · December 15, 1967
- MARTIN EDWARD OGRADYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- GLENN ALLEN LUCASCorporal · February 1, 1968
- JAMES PAUL VOJIRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- FRANK JOSEPH MCMANUSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW KUCICHSpecialist Four · February 19, 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.