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PONDEXTUER E WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 24, 1950 – August 8, 1970
Service recordPondextuer E Williams, of Ft Pierce, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Ft Pierce, Florida (St Lucie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 96
- DANIEL STEVEN WALKOCorporal · August 8, 1970
- WAYNE EMERICK WALSH JRCorporal · August 8, 1970
- DON WAYNE AVERYSpecialist Four · August 9, 1970
- KIRK OWEN BARKLEYSpecialist Four · August 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN CRAIG BRIESECorporal · Panel 8W, Line 92
- GARY DAVID SENGSTOCKStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 95
From Ft Pierce
- ERNEST PRESIDENTSpecialist Four · October 10, 1965
- JOSEPH BRADSHAW BAGGETTMajor · December 16, 1965
- CLAUDDELL GANDYPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ARTHUR WILLIE GREENEPrivate · January 20, 1967
- CARL ROGERS STOVALLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- HERSHEL HILLARY ROHN JRMajor · August 6, 1967
- VANESTER LAMAR HESTERSpecialist Five · November 13, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CULBERTH JRCorporal · November 30, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE SHIVERPrivate · January 10, 1968
- GLOUSTER RHYNESPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
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.