Rank: Private First Class
Unit: I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 30-Aug-1944
Hometown: Eastlake, Ohio
Marital status: Married to Patricia A. Williams
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 16-Apr-1968
Start of tour: 16-May-1969
Incident date: 23-Jun-1969
Date of casualty: 23-Jun-1969
Age at death: 24
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Dennis Michael Williams was killed while gunner on a military vehicle on a combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. / Gunner on Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) on reconnaissance in force mission. Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Three Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SSG David Lee Nord
SP4 Richard Earl Weiss
PFC Dennis Michael Williams
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XT 706 935
Place of interment: Kirtland South Cemetery, Kirtland, Ohio, USA
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