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ROGER RALPH WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 15, 1946 – March 3, 1967
Service recordRoger Ralph Williams, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 15
- SELVESTER JOE VASQUESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- HERBERT WILSON JRPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- GEORGE KENT YOCUMPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- LIONEL S ANTHONYPrivate First Class · March 4, 1967
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- WARREN EDWARD KECKSpecialist Five · March 10, 1967
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.