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BOBBIE LEE WILLIAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 20, 1949 – January 4, 1971
Service recordBobbie Lee Williams, of Parrish, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1971, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 25
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Parrish, Alabama (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 25
- JONATHAN TRAXLER WILSONSpecialist Four · January 3, 1971
- ROBERT ALAN DOTENFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1971
- GLEN CHARLES KLEINLance Corporal · January 4, 1971
- BRIAN ROBERT KOEHNSergeant · January 4, 1971
From Parrish
- ROGER ALLEN STONESergeant · November 17, 1965
- EDDIE JAMES MICKENSSpecialist Four · April 8, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SALTERSergeant · August 23, 1968
- JOHN GWIN RITCHPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.