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ROY M MCWILLIAMS
Captain · U.S. Army
June 18, 1940 – January 20, 1967
Service recordRoy M McWilliams, of Mableton, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM 11 MACV
- Born
- June 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Mableton, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 58
- WILLIAM JAMES MACKPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- MICHAEL JON MARSHMANPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCGHEEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH NORCIAPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
From Mableton
- LONNIE DAVID SPROUSESergeant · September 28, 1966
- KENNETH RAY BLAIRSpecialist Four · August 12, 1968
- LEON ALTON PALMERSergeant · August 17, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE THOMASCorporal · February 25, 1969
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.