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RICHARD HARRY WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1947 – July 10, 1969
Service recordRichard Harry Williams, of Zelienople, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Zelienople, Pennsylvania (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 96
- ALEXANDER JOHN URBAN JRPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
- ROBIN KIRMEYER WETZLERFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1969
- OSCAR LEE WHITEStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1969
- MALCOLM D WHITING IIIPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WILLIAM HERBSTSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 93
- LON MICHAEL HOLUPKOSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 93
From Zelienople
- STEVEN WILLIAM ZIEGLERStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- THOMAS RALPH BIERLINESergeant · November 19, 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.