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OSCAR BURDETT WILLIAMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 29, 1932 – August 29, 1971
Service recordOscar Burdett Williams, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 5
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 29, 1932
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1971
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2W, Line 5
- EUGENE GRIFFINPetty Officer First Class · August 28, 1971
- CURTIS LEE NELSONSpecialist Four · August 28, 1971
- RONALD STEVE SHEPHERDPrivate First Class · August 28, 1971
- ALLAN LYNN HARRISWarrant Officer 1 · August 29, 1971
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.