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ROBERT ENOCH WILLIAMS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 23, 1948 – September 23, 1968
Service recordRobert Enoch Williams, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 3
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
- Supply Administrative Man - Manual Accounting (3041)
- Born
- December 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Chagrin Falls, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 3
- WILLIAM CLAYTON WRAYPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
- JOE CLEVELAND BERRYCorporal · September 24, 1968
- KARL RICHARD HARINGSergeant · September 24, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH SMOCZYNSKIPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
From Chagrin Falls
- MELVIN LOUIS STONE JRFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1966
- LOUIS HENRY JILEKSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- LESLIE VERNARD HURLEBAUSCorporal · September 4, 1967
- PATRICK REGAN DIEHLCorporal · May 21, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES HOSKENChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 24, 1970
- CHARLES THOMAS WILCOXSpecialist Four · May 8, 1971
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.