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BOBBY RAY WILLIAMS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 23, 1946 – September 29, 1970
Service recordBobby Ray Williams, of Lawton, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 101
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Lawton, Oklahoma (Comanche County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 101
- JAMES AARON F ROBERTS JRStaff Sergeant · September 29, 1970
- FREDDIE LESLIE TAPPERPetty Officer First Class · September 29, 1970
- HARRY EUGENE TAYLORSpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
- OTIS CARTERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALAN GEORGE CARLBORGSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 99
- LEONARD WAYNE KNOXSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 99
From Lawton
- ARNOLD DEAN KNIFFINMajor · June 1, 1964
- CLYDE DAVID TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1966
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILFRED ALCIDE DOIRONPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- RUSSELL EUGENE PESEWONITPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- HULSA D WOLFEStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- LAWRENCE RAY LASITERStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOHN DAVID MERRIMANSecond Lieutenant · August 31, 1967
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.