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VANCE GEORGE WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1946 – April 2, 1967
Service recordVance George Williams, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 94
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 94
- ALVIN CHARLES MCMANN JRSpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
- KENNETH M THIBAULTPrivate First Class · April 2, 1967
- JOHNNY MACK WOODCorporal · April 2, 1967
- DANIEL LEWIS WENTEFirst Lieutenant · April 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLEN MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 91
- THURMAN ELBY FILLINGIMStaff Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 92
- JOHN RICHARD GREGOIRESpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 92
- JOSEPH LESTER HOCKENBERRYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 92
- PETER ALAN LAMONTSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 93
- KENNETH M THIBAULTPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 94
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.