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ROBERT GREGORY WILLIAMSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 28, 1946 – November 10, 1966
Service recordRobert Gregory Williamson, of Portland, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Portland, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 52
- THOMAS COTTON IIILance Corporal · November 10, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL RIORDANPetty Officer Third Class · November 10, 1966
- ERIC JOHN SCHODERERPetty Officer Third Class · November 10, 1966
- LOWELL EUGENE SCHULTZPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- TERRANCE RICHARD LYLEPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 51
- LOWELL EUGENE SCHULTZPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 52
From Portland
- LESTER EARL MACDONALDSergeant · June 8, 1966
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SHAY JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1966
- JAMES M MCDONOUGH JRCaptain · August 2, 1966
- PAUL LEWIS STIMPSONFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN TURNERPetty Officer Second Class · May 18, 1967
- HAROLD ELLSWORTH SOUTHARDPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE LANOSpecialist Five · October 29, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN WHIPPLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH DARCYChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD COLOSANTIPrivate First Class · January 5, 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.