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ERIC WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 7, 1946 – April 11, 1966
Service recordEric Williams, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 511 ENG CO USARV
- Born
- March 7, 1946
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 105
- GEORGE HOWARD WARDPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM WATKINSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- IRVING MCKINLEY WILSON JRSergeant · April 11, 1966
- JAMES BENNETT CONWAYMajor · April 12, 1966
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.