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RICHARD OLIVER WILLIAMS
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
June 5, 1936 – January 5, 1968
Service recordRichard Oliver Williams, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 5, 1968, in Bac Lieu Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 54
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Born
- June 5, 1936
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Bac Lieu
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bac Lieu Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 54
- ROBERT GENE SMOOTCorporal · January 5, 1968
- FRANK BARTH SMYKSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- JAMES D WILLIAMSONSergeant First Class · January 5, 1968
- FRED MELVIN WRENNSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 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.