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ROBERT D WILLIAMS JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 16, 1944 – February 26, 1966
Service recordRobert D Williams JR, of Fayetteville, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 26, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 81
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, Tennessee (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 81
- ERNEST ALBERT LAROCHEPrivate · February 26, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DONALD STEPHEN NEWTONSergeant First Class · February 26, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
From Fayetteville
- STANLEY HOUSTON SULLIVANPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- ROBERT DALE ARMSTRONGLance Corporal · January 16, 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.