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TERRY EUGENE WILLIAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 11, 1950 – July 9, 1970
Service recordTerry Eugene Williams, of Buena Vista, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Buena Vista, Tennessee (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 5
- LEO MELVIN SANDERSLance Corporal · July 9, 1970
- CHARLIE SINGLETON JRSergeant · July 9, 1970
- LE ROY EDMUND THELENSergeant · July 9, 1970
- PRESTON T WILLINGHAM JRLance Corporal · July 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY ALEXIS DODGESergeant · Panel 8W, Line 2
- LARRY MARK HORNERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 2
- JULIAN LUNASergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 3
- JAMES LUTTGENSSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 3
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.