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ROBERT FLOYD WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 29, 1946 – April 14, 1968
Service recordRobert Floyd Williams, of West Point, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 2
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1946
- Home of record
- West Point, Nebraska (Cuming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 2
- GEORGE DAVIDSON STONEPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- STEVEN EARL TAYLORPrivate · April 14, 1968
- MARVIN LYNN VOTAWLance Corporal · April 14, 1968
- EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
From West Point
- CHARLES HENRY PETERSCommander · July 1, 1966
- KENNETH LEE JOHNSONAirman First Class · April 26, 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.