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ROBERT A WILLIAMS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 23, 1951 – December 4, 1970
Service recordRobert A Williams JR, of Rockaway Beach, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 23, 1951
- Home of record
- Rockaway Beach, Oregon (Tillamook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 107
- ANDREW MACHRISTIESergeant Major · December 4, 1970
- KERMIT LESLIE MATTHEWSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1970
- HOWARD JAMES SCOVILLEStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1970
- JOE D TORRESLance Corporal · December 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD L BLASKOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 105
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.