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RANDALL LEE WILLIAMS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 8, 1947 – June 2, 1968
Service recordRandall Lee Williams, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Minnehaha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 19
- ROBERT LEWIS WESTLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- AVERY WILDERSergeant · June 2, 1968
- DALE ERNEST BADGLEYCorporal · June 3, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER ROBERT HARTLEYPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD FRANCIS BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 10
- RONALD ALLEN COLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 11
- JOHN DIVINE CREWS JRSergeant · Panel 61W, Line 11
- CHARLES DOUGLAS FARRELLSergeant First Class · Panel 61W, Line 12
- ROBERT GLENN GALLOWAYSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 14
From Sioux Falls
- LOUIS JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS CLARK KNUTSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROGER ALLAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · October 14, 1966
- PAUL OLYNN EVANSLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- RONALD RA VANREGENMORTERCaptain · January 12, 1967
- JAMES LEE STEINEKEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- SAMUEL FANTLE IIICaptain · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID MARKSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
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.