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ROY KENNETH WILLIAMS JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 6, 1949 – June 25, 1969
Service recordRoy Kenneth Williams JR, of Farmington, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 16
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Farmington, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 16
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN STRINGERPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- BARRY NEAL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID AYERSCorporal · June 26, 1969
- ANTON WALTER BOROSKICaptain · June 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY JOHN SHELTONSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 15
From Farmington
- JOHN WILLIAM O GROOVERSergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS FREDERICK RIGGSChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- ELZIA RAY PITCOCKPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- FLORIAN ANTHONY BUGNI JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- HENRY KOLAKOWSKI JRCaptain · June 15, 1968
- NATHAN EUGENE CROUCHSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- CHARLES GEORGE SELMANCorporal · April 9, 1970
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.