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VINCENT RICHARD WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 25, 1946 – March 21, 1967
Service recordVincent Richard Williams, of Alameda, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1967, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 15
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Alameda, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
95 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 15
- ALGERNON PAUL THOMASSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- MONTE VERNON THOMASSecond Lieutenant · March 21, 1967
- HAYZELL CALVIN TURNERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LARRY LYMAN WARNOCKSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
From Alameda
- LOSSY RAY WANGLERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- MILTON J S SEUPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK SOUSALance Corporal · July 10, 1966
- DEREK BOYD POPESpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- BRUCE EDGAR YATESFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- VENNIE LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- GARY TERRENCE COLEMANPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- AUSTIN BRUCE COOKStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1967
- KENNETH GRANT STOKERPrivate · July 19, 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.