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NOEL DEAN WILLIAMS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 26, 1940 – February 18, 1968
Service recordNoel Dean Williams, of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 16
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1940
- Home of record
- Nicoma Park, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 16
- CLIFFORD WAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- ALAN WAYNE WILLARDSergeant · February 18, 1968
- DANIEL WILLIAMS IIISergeant · February 18, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALLEN YOUNGLance Corporal · February 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRIAN WILLIAM BATESPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 79
- JEFFREY R BYRNEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40E, Line 2
- DAVID WILLIAM HECKSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 6
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.