Vietnam

David Williams, Jr.

Rate / Rank
S Sergeant

Birthdate
August 3 1946

Date of Death
January 18 1969

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
May 11 1968 - January 18 1969

Conflicts & Campaigns

Vietnam (May 11, 1968 - January 18, 1969)

Significant Duty Stations

175th Assault Helicopter Company, 13th Aviation Battalion, 164th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade

Decorations & Citations

Purple Heart; Bronze Star Medal (posthumously awarded); Vietnam Service Medal;
Vietnam Campaign Medal; Air Medal; National Defense Medal. Posthumously Promoted.

Notes

Home of record; Thomasville, Georgia. US Army service number 12-785-769. SSN 252-78-6909. Born; Cairo, Georgia. Graduate of Washington Consolidated High School, Cairo, Georgia Class of 1964. Crew chief of helicopter crew, killed when crashed, Phong Dinh, South Vietnam. Vietnam Wall Panel 34W Line 35. Burial; Browning Cemetery, Metcalfe, Thomas County, Georgia. Also killed in crash SGT John Rex Bartlett, WO James Earl Ellingson and WO Kenneth Walter Peters.