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WARREN WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 25, 1947 – April 22, 1969
Service recordWarren Williams, of De Land, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 29
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 25, 1947
- Home of record
- De Land, Florida (Volusia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 29
- DAVID EDWARD WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN WINTERSSergeant · April 22, 1969
- ROGER MARTIN AULD JRWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1969
- OTTO PHILIP BARNHARTSergeant · April 23, 1969
From De Land
- CEASAR BRYANTSergeant · December 17, 1966
- MALCOLM GEOFFREY MOLEPetty Officer Third Class · January 21, 1968
- WILLIAM LEO BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE FIELDSCaptain · March 26, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE POFFSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- JOHN HOOPER V HATHAWAYCaptain · October 11, 1969
- GEORGE ALFRED BIRDWELLSpecialist Four · May 25, 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.