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THOMAS RALPH WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1949 – June 20, 1969
Service recordThomas Ralph Williams, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 101
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 101
- DALLAS C SHELTON JRSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
- TIMOTHY ALLEN SHOBERPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
- FLOYD LESTER STEWARDSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
- JOE ALTON WADLEYSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY JOE HASSLERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 97
- ROBERT CARY MAHANPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 99
- TONEY FRANCIS MYCKA JRCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 99
- DALE RUSSELL PAVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 100
- FLOYD LESTER STEWARDSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 101
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 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.