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SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 27, 1935 – July 9, 1965
Service recordSherman Elliot Williams, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 34
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 27, 1935
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1965
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 34
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- CLIFFORD ALTON ROBERTSSergeant · July 9, 1965
- GLEN WAYNE BRADLEYPetty Officer Second Class · July 10, 1965
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
From Birmingham
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
- CLARENCE WILLIAM HOWARDLance Corporal · January 31, 1966
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.