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ROBERT EARL WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 4, 1949 – February 13, 1968
Service recordRobert Earl Williams, of Cantonment, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Cantonment, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 27
- NORMAN THOMAS DAGOSTINOSpecialist Four · February 13, 1968
- TIM THOMASCorporal · February 13, 1968
- ALEX ROBERT TOLPAROFFSpecialist Four · February 13, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES WIGGINStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MIGUEL ANGEL DIAZ-COLLAZOPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 20
- ROBERT JAMES WIGGINStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 27
From Cantonment
- RALPH COLEMANStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1966
- JAMES TERRY BEASLEYCorporal · August 26, 1966
- KENNETH HORACE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- DONALD CHARLES MCNACPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- HUBERT CHARLES KNIGHTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- JAMES LARRY WARDSergeant · February 7, 1969
- WILLIAM ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- FREDRICK WAYNE SHEFFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1970
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.