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PAUL EDWARD WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 20, 1947 – July 31, 1967
Service recordPaul Edward Williams, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 188 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “188 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 58
- JESSE WAYEN ALLENSergeant · August 1, 1967
- JAMES EARNEST BATTENPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS BURKE JREnsign · August 1, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH DAMICOPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WAYNE BRYA ALLWOODSpecialist Five · Panel 24E, Line 53
- RODNEY OWEN DAVIEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24E, Line 54
- DOUGLAS RAY NOELPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 55
- JAMES ROBERT POGGEMEYERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24E, Line 56
- WAYNE G VANLANTSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 57
- ROBERT MICHAEL WALLACEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24E, Line 57
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.