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THOMAS HOWARD WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 19, 1947 – July 1, 1968
Service recordThomas Howard Williams, of Torrance, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 34
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 34
- ROY LEE WHITTLESEYStaff Sergeant · July 1, 1968
- JAMES ALEC WILLIAMSLance Corporal · July 1, 1968
- GEORGE JOHN ANDERSONSergeant · July 2, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN DAIGREPONTSergeant · July 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GERALD BELINSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 26
- HOLLIS RONNEY NORRIDSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 31
- TONY TROMBETTASpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 33
- THOMAS MELVIN WASHINGTONSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 33
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 1968
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.