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WALTER JOSEPH WILLIAMS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 9, 1947 – May 9, 1968
Service recordWalter Joseph Williams JR, of Appalachia, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Appalachia, Virginia (Wise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 3
- MELVIN GEORGE WINDHAMHospitalman · May 9, 1968
- PAUL DEIHL WOLFSergeant · May 9, 1968
- MARK DOUGLAS YOUNGWarrant Officer 1 · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT LEE BAKERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOYCE RAY DICKCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 19
- PRESTON LEE HOWELLSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 23
- EVERETT SORRELL JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 23
- TIMOTHY WAYNE KELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 25
- CHARLES ALLISON LOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 27
- JORDAN JAY OZANNEPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 30
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.