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TERRY CHARLES WILLIAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 9, 1947 – September 5, 1967
Service recordTerry Charles Williams, of Granite Falls, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Granite Falls, North Carolina (Caldwell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 26E, Line 5
- KENNETH J KRAUSESpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- REID CARLTON ARNOLDCorporal · September 6, 1967
- DONALD LEE BAKERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- JESSIE LEE BARLOWStaff Sergeant · September 6, 1967
From Granite Falls
- ROBERT BRUCE ANNASPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- SCOTTY HENRY RHEAPrivate First Class · April 25, 1970
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.