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RICHARD ALLEN WILLIAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 7, 1942 – April 10, 1967
Service recordRichard Allen Williams, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1942
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1967; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 13
- BARRY BERNARD BROERMANPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- BOBBY WALTER COLEMANStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1967
- EDWIN ELLIS ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · April 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD EUGENE BEAGLESergeant · Panel 18E, Line 8
- MICHAEL HUGH LAMBSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 11
- DONALD EUGENE LONGSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 11
- ROBERT WILLIS RAETZSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 12
- ISUM MERRILL WALKERCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 12
- LEROY BOYD WEBBSecond Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 12
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1966
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.