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ROBERT LEE WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1946 – April 30, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Williams, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 26
- ROBERT EUGENE FLOYDSergeant · March 31, 1968
- GERALD STUART WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- ALFRED MELVIN WOLFESpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
- JAMES RONALD WORLEYSergeant · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SEEBER J KELLYPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 16
- MANUEL MOORESpecialist Five · Panel 53E, Line 18
- JEROME RAWLINGSSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 22
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.