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PAUL DOUGLAS WILLIAMSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 17, 1948 – May 31, 1967
Service recordPaul Douglas Williamson, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 25
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1967; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 25
- GARY PAUL STEFFUSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- JERALD ANTHONY VOKISHPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- FRANCIS LOREN ARBPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- JAMES WESLEY ASHBYPetty Officer Third Class · June 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD COSSA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 21
- JAMES ALBERT GLOVERSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 22
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 1967
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.