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SAMUEL LOUIS WILLIAMS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 17, 1948 – July 5, 1969
Service recordSamuel Louis Williams JR, of Laurel, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Laurel, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 67
- JOAQUIN RAMOS-RAMIREZStaff Sergeant · July 5, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH SESLERPrivate First Class · July 5, 1969
- LORENZO TUGGLEPrivate First Class · July 5, 1969
- JOHN AUGUST WELSFORD JRPrivate First Class · July 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN HENRY HUEBNERSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 65
From Laurel
- JAMES BRUCE OKANELance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- STEVEN ROSS SHERMANPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH CHASELance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- FRANCIS GARFIELD GRAYSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- ALVAH WORRELL HENSON JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- LEONARD MORGANSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
- JOHN RAYMOND POELieutenant Commander · August 4, 1970
- JAMES LOSPINUSOStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1972
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.