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RICHARD WESLEY WILLIAMSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 25, 1946 – August 10, 1966
Service recordRichard Wesley Williamson, of Fife, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 126
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Fife, Virginia (Goochland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 126
- ROBERT THOMAS WALSHStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- DAVID CHARLES BROSTROMLieutenant (junior grade) · August 11, 1966
- JOHN ANDREW CARDOTCorporal · August 11, 1966
- AUBREY CAULEYStaff Sergeant · August 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.