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ROBERT LEE WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 23, 1946 – July 19, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Williams, of Clarksdale, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Clarksdale, Mississippi (Coahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 15
- SANTIAGO TORRES JRPrivate · July 19, 1968
- CLARENCE EDWARD WATSONSergeant · July 19, 1968
- EARL RAYMOND WELSH JRPrivate · July 19, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN WHIPKEYPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LEE GIBSONSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 10
- THOMAS LEON GUTHRIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 11
From Clarksdale
- HENRY CLAY CAUTHEN SRChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 31, 1967
- LUZON BEASLEYCorporal · March 30, 1968
- LESTER ERBYLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- CHARLES BROWNSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- VAN SYLVESTER TURNER JRCorporal · January 19, 1970
- CHARLES EARL MELTONPrivate · February 15, 1970
- HARVEY TURNER ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1970
- HOLLIS COLEMAN SANFORD JRCorporal · August 4, 1970
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.