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TERRY JOE WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 8, 1944 – January 31, 1968
Service recordTerry Joe Williams, of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 42
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Oconomowoc, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 42
- LUCION PERRY WELLSSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WHITLEYLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- VERNON CHARLES WILDERSPINSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- MELVIN JOE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER BRIAN CROWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 4
- ROBERT MICHAEL FINNEGANPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 7
- GERALD LAMPLEY FITTSPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 8
- LUEY VERNON HOLLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 15
- EVERETT WILSON JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 18
- TROY A LITTLEJOHNSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 22
- NORMAN LACY LONG JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 22
- EDWARD MORRIS PIKESpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 30
- RICHARD JAMES RHODESSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 32
- BENNY JAMES SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 36
- HAROLD RICHARD STAFFORDSpecialist Five · Panel 36E, Line 37
- PATRICK JOSEPH STRAYERStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 39
- GERALD DEWAYNE SULLIVANSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 39
- ANTHONY F VANHULLE IISpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 40
- MURRAY LEE VERONSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 40
From Oconomowoc
- WALTER ALEX CHATOS JRSpecialist Five · April 16, 1967
- CURTIS LLEWELLYN TREMAINEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- ROBERT STEVEN LUTZPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- DAVID MERRILL PRICEPrivate First Class · July 15, 1968
- LARRY ROMAN SCHMIDTSergeant · August 12, 1969
- LLOYD GEORGE HOWIELieutenant (junior grade) · May 15, 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.