WILLIAMS, LEROY CHRISTOPHER

Name: Leroy Christopher Williams
Branch/Rank: United States Marine Corps/E2
Unit: C CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MAR DIV
Date of Birth: 04 August 1947
Home City of Record: JACKSONVILLE FL
Date of Loss: 25 May 1969
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 165332 North  1065546 East
Status (in 1973): Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered
Category: 5
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: GROUND
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno:

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File. 2020

REMARKS:

CACCF/ARTILLEY/ROCKET/QUANG TRI

No further information available at this time.

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Library of Congress Files:

South Vietnam, pre-1975: COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN REFERENCE TO THE
INFORMAL INVESTIGATION SURROUNDING THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE MISSING
STATUS OF PFC LEROY C. WILLIAMS AND PVT MONEK WEITZ
Country: South Vietnam, pre-1975

Name: LEROY CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS

Subjects: Killed; Remains

Comments: Recommendation for killed/bnr status

Reel: 191

Page: 104-110

Type of Document: Miscellaneous

Date of Report: 00 00 00

Date of Information: 69 05 25

Category: Casualty files


South Vietnam, pre-1975: INFORMAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES
SURROUNDING THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE MISSING STATUS OF PRIVATE FIRST
CLASS LEROY C. WILLIAMS AND PRIVATE MONEK WEITZ
Country: South Vietnam, pre-1975

Name: LEROY CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS

Subjects: Ground battle; Killed; Cam Lo; QUANG TRI

Reel: 191

Page: 46-67

Type of Document: Memorandum

Date of Report: 69 06 24

Date of Information: 69 05 25

Originator: USMC

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PFC LEROY CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS

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On May 25, 1969, a pallet of ammunition caught fire at a supply and storage area near Quang Tri, South Vietnam. The facility was maintained by elements of the 3rd Marine Division. As nearby Marines rushed to put out the blaze, the pallet took a direct hit from an incoming mortar round. The resulting explosion killed thirteen Marines and wounded nineteen more. Two others could not be located after the blast and were declared missing in action.

Private First Class Leroy Christopher Williams entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Florida and was a member of Company B of the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. He was among the Marines who rushed to extinguish the burning ammunition pallet, and was one of the two men who could not be found after it exploded. It is believed that the force of the blast made recovery of his remains impossible. Today, Private First Class Williams is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

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