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RICHARD C WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 18, 1946 – January 4, 1970
Service recordRichard C Williams, of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 127
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Langhorne, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 127
- JAMES ROBERT WHITMOREWarrant Officer 1 · January 4, 1970
- JIMMY ALAN WHITSONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
- WALDO ALVA WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1970
- BILLIE MICHAEL BEDSWORTHPrivate First Class · January 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS JOSEPH SNEE JRCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 126
From Langhorne
- HARRY JENNINGS SIMMONS JRLance Corporal · April 8, 1967
- WARREN MARTIN BEAUMONTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- JOHN ELTON CANDYPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- LEE FULTON CLICKNERFirst Lieutenant · October 25, 1969
- GEORGE RAYMOND HUNTZINGERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1969
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.