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ROBERT ALWYN WILLIAMS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 15, 1945 – June 19, 1969
Service recordRobert Alwyn Williams, of Napa, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 94
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Napa, California (Napa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 94
- RONALD EARL SIMPSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- STEPHEN DENNIS VANDYKECorporal · June 19, 1969
- RAYMOND ALLAN VOSSSergeant · June 19, 1969
- ALBERT CHARLES WALL JRStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DAVID BACASergeant · Panel 22W, Line 84
- GLENN SHELDON HAUKENESS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 22W, Line 89
- ALAN MICHAEL ROUCHONSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 93
From Napa
- JACK DANIEL LANELLISpecialist Five · August 31, 1965
- EDWARD WARREN WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICKY ALAN MYERSPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- PATRICK DALE MORIARTYChief Petty Officer · March 9, 1968
- ARNOLD JAY FERRARIStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1968
- STEVEN GARY HICKSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1968
- MICHAEL ROY CLASENPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT LEE COONRODPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY BUEHLERPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
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.