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RAYNER EDWARD WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 31, 1948 – September 6, 1968
Service recordRayner Edward Williams, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 54
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 54
- JOSEPH JOHN KULL JRSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- JIMMY DAVIS LEMLEYSergeant · September 6, 1968
- STEVE ALLEN LIVENGOODPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN MONTESCorporal · September 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARSHALL JASON BROWNCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 48
- TERRANCE RANDALL HANSONSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 51
- JAMES CECIL HOLMESSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 52
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR HOUSECorporal · Panel 45W, Line 52
- LARRY ALLEN JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 53
- BARRY RUSSELL MOREEPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 55
- HERSHEL EUGENE MORROWPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 55
- JERRY GORDON RICHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 56
- EDWARD WILLIAM SECRESTSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 56
- CLAIR BRADLEY ANDREW SAINTPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 57
- FLOYD LAVERNE STILLCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 57
- BENJAMIN RICHARD TOONKELSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 58
- DONNIE RAYMOND WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 58
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.