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RAYFIELD WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 6, 1947 – February 6, 1968
Service recordRayfield Williams, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 75
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; 52 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 75
- MICHAEL WARREN WEBSTERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- DONALD LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILSON JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- DARREL ZANE WRIGHTSergeant · February 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN JOHN BYERSPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 49
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 55
- PETER RAYMOND HANSEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 57
- ALLEN HIDEO HARANOPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 57
- DUANE EDWARD LITZINGERStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 60
- MICHAEL MULLERVYPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 63
- DENNIS DEAN NEHRINGPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 64
- RICHARD CONAWAY OBRIENSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 65
- AURELIO R RAMON JRSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 67
- TERRENCE EDWARD STAUDOHARSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 70
- JOSE ANTONIO TRAVIESOPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 72
- JAMES LEROY WISE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 74
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.