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RICHARD FRANK WILLIAMS
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 10, 1927 – January 8, 1968
Service recordRichard Frank Williams, of San Leandro, California, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 8, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 32
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1927
- Home of record
- San Leandro, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 8, 1968
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 43W, Line 32
- CALVIN KERMIT COONLance Corporal · September 18, 1968
- KERMIT LOUIS WILLIAMSSergeant · September 18, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD WITKOWSKIPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD ZIBURA JRCorporal · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS EUGENE CANNONSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 80
From San Leandro
- ROBERT LEWIS ENGBERSONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CLAE TERRY NORMANPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- LEO CHARLES LAWSONCorporal · July 25, 1966
- ARNOLD BRIAN WALLACEPrivate · January 25, 1967
- KENNETH EDWARD BYERSPrivate · April 4, 1967
- GAYLORD DEAN PETERSENLieutenant Colonel · September 11, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS ABINAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOSEPH D DAUGHTON JRPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- HARRY LEWIS BOYLESergeant First Class · July 23, 1968
- ROBERT DALE TOMLINSONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
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.