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ROBERT JOHN WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 2, 1949 – February 3, 1971
Service recordRobert John Williams, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 2, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1971; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 76
- ROBERT L STANDERWICK SRColonel · February 3, 1971
- JOSEPH LAMAR STONESpecialist Four · February 3, 1971
- WALLIS WAYNE WEBBPrivate First Class · February 3, 1971
- TERRENCE WAYNE WELDONSergeant · February 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MILFRED RAY GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 75
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.