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GARY ROBERT WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 25, 1948 – October 20, 1970
Service recordGary Robert Williams, of Cuba, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 14
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Cuba, Illinois (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 14
- THOMAS RAY WEISSSpecialist Four · October 20, 1970
- LINWOOD CHARLES CARTER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1970
- JAMES WHEELER DICKEYSergeant · October 21, 1970
- RONALD ALLEN FELKAMPPrivate First Class · October 21, 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.