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WILLIS WHITE WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 7, 1947 – April 11, 1967
Service recordWillis White Williams, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 17
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 17
- MEDARD A J RUEHLEFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1967
- CARY HUBERT SILERStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1967
- DANIEL GREGORY ZEGARACLance Corporal · April 11, 1967
- JACK HERBERT ANDERSONSecond Lieutenant · April 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 13
- BOBBY WALTER COLEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 13
- EDWIN ELLIS ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 13
- GRANT MADISON GILBREATHPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 14
- AUDELIZ HERNANDEZ-PENAPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 14
- OLIVER WENDELL MYERSPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 16
- JAMES DENNIS PIPERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 16
- MEDARD A J RUEHLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 17
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.