Walter Alexander Williams

Walter Alexander Williams March 18, 1968 Operation Box Springs/Operation Rakkasan Chaparral - Binh Duong Province Please contribute a written memory, a verbal memory, a video, a photo, or simply speak his name. They say a soldier dies twice. Once when he takes his last breath. Twice when his name is spoken for the last time. Speak his name... Featured Pictures See More Photos Share Photos Featured Video Watch More Videos Share Video Featured Audio Hear More Audios Share Audio Featured Written Story Read Written Stories Share Written Stories   Walter Alexander Williams Walter Alexander Williams deployed with the 3/187th in December of 1967 during Operation Eagle Thrust. He served with Alpha Company. Walter was killed in action on March 18, 1968 from gunshot wounds during a combat operation. Duty Officer’s Logs from March 18, 1968 indicate Walter was killed during a firefight that occurred in the early afternoon - 1:00/2:00 PM (and several other Alpha Company were wounded). Walter was from Mocksville, North Carolina and was twenty years of age. He is buried at New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Mocksville, North Carolina. His name is etched on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Panel 45E, Line 23. RIP soldier! Never forget! Never forgotten! Photo obtained from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund - Wall of Faces. Image available on the internet and included in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107. Information obtained from 3/187th documents obtained by TSTP during research trips to the National Archives and Records Administration as well as from the Coffelt Database.