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THOMAS JOSEPH WILLIAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 11, 1946 – June 5, 1969
Service recordThomas Joseph Williams, of Bay St Louis, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 81
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Bay St Louis, Mississippi (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 81
- NORMAN GENE WELCHPlatoon Sergeant · June 5, 1969
- MILFORD HOMER WENSELCorporal · June 5, 1969
- FREDERICK ALLEN ALLMEYERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- LUKE JUNIOR AZLINSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE ANIBAL ECHEVARRIA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 72
- LOUIE FRANK DALIESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 73
- FREDERICK JOHN HENRYPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 73
- THOMAS GLEN HORALPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 74
- DAVID TERRELL HOWARDPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 75
- CLAUDIE METCALFPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 76
- LAWRENCE EDWARD PAULSENSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 77
- MACK LEE PRESTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 78
- ALEXANDER P SANTIAGO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 79
- PAUL ROBERT TILLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 79
From Bay St Louis
- JOE EBERT ALLENSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
- WALLACE JOSEPH DEPREOSpecialist Five · October 17, 1971
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.