David Beryl Williams

Vietnam War
UnitMarine All Weather Attack Squadron 224
RankMajor U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service FromLafayette Louisiana
Date of DeathMay 3 1972
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Major Williams was a member of the Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 224, Marine Attack Group 14, 1st Marine Air Wing. On May 3, 1972, he was the radar interdiction officer of a Grumman Attack Aircraft Intruder (A-6A) flying over Ron, Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam, when his aircraft was shot down. His remains were recovered on June 21, 1989 and identified on October 19, 1989. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.