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RICHARD EUGENE MCWILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 21, 1946 – December 15, 1965
Service recordRichard Eugene McWilliams, of Norman, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 17
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Norman, Oklahoma (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 17
- JAMES WILLIAM GREYSergeant · December 15, 1965
- JOHNNIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- GERARD GEORGE SCHNITGERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- ROBERT EMILIO MONTOYASpecialist Four · December 16, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILLIAM GREYSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 17
From Norman
- JERRY ROBERT JONESStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL TIFFANYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- CHARLEY LE MEAR MOUNTPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- WILLIAM WEBB BLAIR JRCorporal · December 21, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN AMSPACHERSpecialist Four · December 25, 1968
- DAVID PHILLIP NEISLARLieutenant (junior grade) · February 20, 1969
- RAMEY LEO CARPENTERLieutenant · March 31, 1969
- CHARLES DWAINE ROBERTSSecond Lieutenant · August 12, 1969
- LARRY GENE MORGANSpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- ALLAN LESLIE SMITHMajor · May 10, 1970
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.