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RAYMOND LEON WILLIAMS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 21, 1938 – August 2, 1970
Service recordRaymond Leon Williams, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 21, 1938
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 78
- STEPHEN LESLIE BOYDLance Corporal · August 3, 1970
- EARL DAVID BROACHSpecialist Four · August 3, 1970
- MICHAEL WADE BROWNSpecialist Four · August 3, 1970
- JAMES FINNEY JRStaff Sergeant · August 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOE HUGH FULGHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 76
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.