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ROBERT ALTON WILLIAMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 10, 1943 – October 27, 1967
Service recordRobert Alton Williams, of Sanford, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 89
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Sanford, North Carolina (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28E, Line 89
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- MICHAEL ZARBOCorporal · October 27, 1967
- PAUL DENNIS ABBOTTPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- DAVID BAKERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT J CARMODYStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 79
- LINDEN BROOK DIXONCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 81
- STEPHEN PERRY JONESSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 83
- JON PETER TURKCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 87
From Sanford
- BRYAN EUGENE GROGANSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1965
- SAMUEL BESSStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT LINDO SMITHPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- LARRY GENE SHEFFIELDSpecialist Four · September 24, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT WILSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CURRINLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- JAMES R SIMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1967
- LEE ROY TAYLORSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
- DONALD RAY PYRANTCorporal · August 24, 1968
- CARL SCOTT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
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.