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ROOSEVELT WILLIAMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 13, 1937 – October 6, 1968
Service recordRoosevelt Williams, of Jakin, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 18
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 13, 1937
- Home of record
- Jakin, Georgia (Early County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 18
- THOMAS JOHN HOWEWarrant Officer 1 · October 6, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD KOEPPSpecialist Five · October 6, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT MARSHPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- RICHARD LE ROY MARTINPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS EDWARD KOEPPSpecialist Five · Panel 41W, Line 18
- RICHARD SAENZPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 20
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.