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WALTER WILLIAMS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 5, 1937 – September 25, 1966
Service recordWalter Williams JR, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1937
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 19
- LAWRENCE WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- REGINALD LOUIS CONEPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- NORMAN LEE DUPREMajor · September 26, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS GRUNDMANMajor · September 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GARY ADRIAN BARNARDPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 12
- GARY RUSSELL DOPPPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 13
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 15
- ERNEST RAYMOND MARTIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 15
- JAMES EDWARD MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 16
- TERRY LYNN PUNDSACKSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 17
- ROBERT MITCHELL WATERSSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 18
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JOSEPH SAMUEL PORTER JRSergeant · August 7, 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.