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RAY FRANCIS WILLIAMS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 7, 1946 – December 27, 1966
Service recordRay Francis Williams, of Lake City, Florida, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Aviation Engineer Unit Commander (1337)
- Born
- February 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Lake City, Florida (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 88
- LARRY JOE WILLISSpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- RONALD JEROME ZITIELLOPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- JAMES ARTHUR ASHECRAFTPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- LONNIE BARBERPlatoon Sergeant · December 28, 1966
From Lake City
- GILBERT SMITH JRSergeant · August 24, 1965
- RAYMOND EUGENE JOHNSONMajor · July 19, 1966
- JULIUS FRAZIER JONESPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- EUGENE MCCRAYPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- EUGENE LARRY FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- WILLIAM PATECorporal · May 12, 1968
- ARTHUR WAYNE THOMASPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- RONALD WASHINGTON PHARISStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
- JAMES HERBERT REHBERGPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- MELVIN LAMAR MIZESpecialist Five · June 18, 1969
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.