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CHARLES RAY WILLIAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 8, 1942 – February 8, 1966
Service recordCharles Ray Williams, of Eunice, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Born
- June 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Eunice, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 18
- ARTHUR EDWIN SANDERSSergeant · February 8, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
From Eunice
- JAMES DONALD FEUCHTLance Corporal · May 7, 1968
- JIMMY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- ALVIN MONDAYLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE SISTRUNKStaff Sergeant · April 10, 1970
- ANDRUS FLOYD DUPLECHAINPrivate First Class · September 28, 1970
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.