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SAMMY WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 26, 1946 – January 2, 1967
Service recordSammy Williams, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Born
- March 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 112
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- HAROLD THOMAS WILSONPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- TIMOTHY C ABRAMS JRPrivate First Class · January 3, 1967
- CURTIS TADASHI ANDOPrivate First Class · January 3, 1967
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.