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ROBERT CYRIL WILLIAMS
Major · U.S. Air Force
August 1, 1929 – July 1, 1966
Service recordRobert Cyril Williams, of Mcleansboro, Illinois, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 1, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 1, 1929
- Home of record
- Mcleansboro, Illinois (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 117
- JOHNNY WOODSONPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- JAMES B BARTLETTSergeant · July 2, 1966
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- JAMES DALE BOWERSPrivate First Class · July 2, 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.