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BOBBY RAY WILLIAMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 2, 1930 – December 29, 1966
Service recordBobby Ray Williams, of Stonewall, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1930
- Home of record
- Stonewall, Mississippi (Clarke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 101
- CHARLES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- HUGH FRANCIS WINTERHALTERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- GUY WINFRED HUEYSergeant First Class · December 30, 1966
- ALFREDO JOSE SAENZSpecialist Four · December 30, 1966
From Stonewall
- HOWARD DANIEL WILLISPrivate First Class · March 7, 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.