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WAYNE CHARLES WILLIAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 2, 1944 – June 26, 1968
Service recordWayne Charles Williams, of Maryville, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 4
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Maryville, Tennessee (Blount County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 4
- GERALD NEAL REMPERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES STEELECorporal · June 26, 1968
- WILLIE RAY THOMPSONCorporal · June 26, 1968
- ROBERT FRANCIS WOODSMajor · June 26, 1968
From Maryville
- FRED CALVIN RUSSELLSergeant First Class · February 10, 1967
- WAYNE OLIVER GAYPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- OSCAR ROBERT PARROTTLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- DONALD CLAY COULTERPrivate First Class · August 7, 1967
- ROBERT LEE ROGERSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- WILLIAM CARL HOPPERPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- JAMES HOUSTON ROULETTSpecialist Five · June 27, 1968
- GORDON LEE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- THOMAS JACKSON GRINDSTAFFSpecialist Five · March 21, 1969
- JOHNNY LEON BRYANTCaptain · May 22, 1969
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.