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WILLIAM CURTIS WILLIAMSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 3, 1947 – March 30, 1969
Service recordWilliam Curtis Williamson, of Central Islip, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 95
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Central Islip, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 95
- THOMAS JUDD TYRELLSergeant · March 30, 1969
- PAUL BRADLEY WESTSergeant · March 30, 1969
- ROY ARNOLD WOMACKSergeant · March 30, 1969
- HOWARD EDGAR YOST JRSpecialist Five · March 30, 1969
From Central Islip
- THOMAS FRANCIS DREWSergeant · May 29, 1967
- RONALD T STOKESSergeant · December 16, 1967
- MICHAEL G DONOVAN IIISpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL CANDIDO RUSSOPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- GERALD MATTERACorporal · June 6, 1968
- JOHN JAMES KEDENBURGSpecialist Five · June 14, 1968
- RAYMOND BERT KYZERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- PAUL CHARLES RUDYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- FRANK W BOSSONGPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- JOSEPH CLERKINPetty Officer First Class · April 10, 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.