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THOMAS JOHN WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 31, 1947 – March 28, 1970
Service recordThomas John Williams, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 54
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 31, 1947
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 54
- JAMES THOMAS WATSONSergeant · March 28, 1970
- BILL R ACKERMANCorporal · March 29, 1970
- DWIGHT I ADESergeant · March 29, 1970
- BARTOLO AMADOR BARELA JRSpecialist Four · March 29, 1970
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1967
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.