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SAMUEL HARRY WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 18, 1945 – December 17, 1969
Service recordSamuel Harry Williams, of Crockett, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1969, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 69
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Crockett, Texas (Houston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chuong Thien Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 69
- RONALD JOHN BINKOWSKISpecialist Four · December 18, 1969
- RICHARD WELDON BOSWELL JRCorporal · December 18, 1969
- WILLIAM RANDALL CRANEFirst Lieutenant · December 18, 1969
- PATRICK MAURICE DILLONStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1969
From Crockett
- WILLIE CRAIG WARRENSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- RUZELL GRAYPrivate First Class · May 31, 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.