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THOMAS HENRY WILLIAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 21, 1946 – August 24, 1968
Service recordThomas Henry Williams, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 10
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Klamath Falls, Oregon (Klamath County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; seven of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 10
- IVAN L VINCENT JRPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- JAMES WALLERPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- RICHARD ALEXANDRA WARESpecialist Five · August 24, 1968
- CHARLES REMBERT WYATTFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN DAVID ROBINSONCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 1
- GARY BREWSTER KILGORESpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 4
- LUPE P OCHOASpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 6
- GEORGE W SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 9
- CARMELO SOSA-HIRALDOPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 9
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46W, Line 9
From Klamath Falls
- FRANCIS LEO COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- JIMMY ERIK FLORENCorporal · November 6, 1967
- JERRY OSCAR STENBERGLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- JOHN RENFIELD TWOREKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS COATSLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- DAVID LYNN EVANSSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- JIMMIE MALCOLM THOMPSONPetty Officer Third Class · December 8, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES MCKIBBANStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1969
- CHARLES THOMAS DEATONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- STEVEN LLOYD PETERSSpecialist Four · March 10, 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.