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ROBERT WILLIAMS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 5, 1940 – August 11, 1968
Service recordRobert Williams JR, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 11, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 49
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 5, 1940
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 49
- JOHN KENNETH SCHMITT JRCorporal · August 11, 1968
- DONALD LEE STONESIFERPrivate · August 11, 1968
- CHARLES E TEAGUELieutenant Colonel · August 11, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD WILSONWarrant Officer 1 · August 11, 1968
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 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.