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STEVEN GARY WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1951 – July 3, 1971
Service recordSteven Gary Williams, of De Kalb, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1971, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 99
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
- Grader Operator (62K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 12, 1951
- Home of record
- De Kalb, Illinois (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In July 1971, 118 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 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 99
- ROBERT SCOTT SCHETTIGChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 3, 1971
- GARY PRESTON TOMLINSONFirst Lieutenant · July 3, 1971
- MANOLO BRIONES AGNESPetty Officer Third Class · July 4, 1971
- VICTOR WALTER LEWFirst Lieutenant · July 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LYNN EVANSSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 97
- RUSSELL CLAIR MANNSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 98
From De Kalb
- RICHARD LYNN JOSSENDALLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DALE CONNARD BREWERLance Corporal · November 29, 1967
- DAVID DONNELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
- JIMMIE RAY HARRISONMaster Sergeant · March 14, 1968
- MICHAEL JACK MOONAirman · May 28, 1968
- CHARLES FRANCIS LANDERSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- JAMES PHILLIP MASONSpecialist Five · October 17, 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.