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CHARLES ROSS WILLIAMS
Captain · U.S. Army
August 16, 1936 – July 12, 1966
Service recordCharles Ross Williams, of Forsyth, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear Weapons Employment Specialist, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (52162)
- Born
- August 16, 1936
- Home of record
- Forsyth, Georgia (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 18
- GEORGE HENRY WILKINSCommander · July 11, 1966
- WILLIAM LEONPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE ROBERTSONStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1966
From Forsyth
- JOHN WARREN MARTINPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
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.