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WALDO ALVA WILLIAMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 27, 1930 – January 4, 1970
Service recordWaldo Alva Williams, of Rockwell City, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 27, 1930
- Home of record
- Rockwell City, Iowa (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 127
- JAMES ROBERT WHITMOREWarrant Officer 1 · January 4, 1970
- JIMMY ALAN WHITSONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
- RICHARD C WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
- BILLIE MICHAEL BEDSWORTHPrivate First Class · January 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY LEE HAWKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 125
- JAMES ROBERT WHITMOREWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 127
From Rockwell City
- CRAIG THOMAS WATERMANCorporal · September 3, 1970
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.