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THADDEUS E WILLIAMS JR
Captain · U.S. Army
February 26, 1943 – January 9, 1966
Service recordThaddeus E Williams JR, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 7
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- February 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 9, 1966
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 7
- THOMAS RICHARD SIEBENSergeant · January 10, 1967
- MERRITT STOVES IIIPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- HENRY JAMES STUCKEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- MORRIS CRAIG WHEELERLance Corporal · January 10, 1967
- FUIFUITAUA AMISONEStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1967
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 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.