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ROBERT L WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 15, 1946 – January 2, 1968
Service recordRobert L Williams, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 24
- TOMMY GENE STOVERSergeant · January 2, 1968
- ABLE CROOM STROUD IIICorporal · January 2, 1968
- VICTOR DAVID TOMCZYKPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- HENRY VALENZUELA JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALAN LEE BLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 16
- FURMAN LEE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 18
- HANS KLETINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 19
- RONALD O MARQUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 20
- FLOYD PETER SKAGGSCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 23
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.