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ROBERT WILLIAMS
Seaman · U.S. Navy
November 5, 1946 – December 15, 1971
Service recordRobert Williams, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 15, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 88
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- November 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 88
- GREGG NEYMAN HOLLINGERCaptain · December 14, 1971
- CECIL CARRINGTON PERKINS JRCaptain · December 14, 1971
- OTHA LEE PERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 14, 1971
- WILLIAM BELL JRSpecialist Five · December 17, 1971
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.