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THEODORE WILLIAMS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 18, 1946 – July 4, 1966
Service recordTheodore Williams JR, of Robbins, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Robbins, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 132
- CURTIS ESTILL BINIONFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- MICHAEL MERLE BLANTONLance Corporal · July 5, 1966
- JAMES GARLAND BROWNLance Corporal · July 5, 1966
- DOUGLAS FLORESMaster Sergeant · July 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ELMER WAYNE SCARBOROUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 130
From Robbins
- LEONARD JEROME BIBBSSpecialist Four · July 31, 1966
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.