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RAYMOND LEWIS WILLIAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 8, 1950 – April 9, 1970
Service recordRaymond Lewis Williams, of Neoga, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Neoga, Illinois (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 116
- DONALD CHARLES TANNENBAUMCaptain · April 9, 1970
- JACK LEE WRIGHTChief Petty Officer · April 9, 1970
- JIMMY CARRILLOSpecialist Four · April 10, 1970
- DANNY LEE DAWSONPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD HUGO BEYERSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 111
From Neoga
- DANIEL LEWIS WENTEFirst Lieutenant · April 3, 1967
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.