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RICHARD WILLIAMS JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 1, 1937 – January 26, 1970
Service recordRichard Williams JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 1, 1937
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 70
- LARRY SCOTT RUTHERFORDSpecialist Four · January 26, 1970
- THOMAS ROY TENNISSpecialist Four · January 26, 1970
- WILLIAM LEE WOODSpecialist Four · January 26, 1970
- ERICK WALTER BEATTIELance Corporal · January 27, 1970
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.