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RICHARD D WILLIAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 6, 1949 – February 26, 1968
Service recordRichard D Williams, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 6, 1949
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- 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 February 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 46
- ROBERT LEE WATTSSergeant · February 26, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES WILTSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- MICHAEL VINCENT WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY ZUNIGACorporal · February 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HARRISON GOINSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 38
- DAVID LEON SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 43
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 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.