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WILLIE AMOS WILLIAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 30, 1943 – March 11, 1968
Service recordWillie Amos Williams, of Fairfax, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 23
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Fairfax, South Carolina (Allendale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 23
- GERALD FRANCIS WERNSDORFERSpecialist Four · March 11, 1968
- HENRY BRAXTON WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
- DON FRANKLIN WORLEYStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD LILIENTHALSpecialist Four · March 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BENNY CHARLES BURNSSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 14
From Fairfax
- ROBERT LEE HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 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.