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WILLIAM N WILLIAMSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 3, 1926 – January 21, 1970
Service recordWilliam N Williamson, of Wendell, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 557 ENG CO 31 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 3, 1926
- Home of record
- Wendell, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1970
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 56
- VICTOR BERNARD STRIBLINGSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- KERRY LAMONT TAYLORSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- NEELY CLARENCE WALKERSergeant First Class · January 21, 1970
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BULLA JRStaff Sergeant · January 22, 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.