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VICTOR DEMOTT WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 18, 1948 – October 29, 1971
Service recordVictor Demott Williams, of Colchester, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 55
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Colchester, Illinois (Mcdonough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 55
- JERRY EUGENE TEWPrivate First Class · October 29, 1971
- KENNETH MICHAEL BERBLINGERChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 30, 1971
- HARDY EDWARD CLEVELANDSpecialist Four · October 30, 1971
- MICHAEL MARION FARLEYSpecialist Four · October 30, 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.