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WILBERT WILLIAMS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 4, 1935 – November 28, 1966
Service recordWilbert Williams JR, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Oh-13/Oh-23 Helicopter Repairman (67M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 4, 1935
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 128
- GERALD OSCAR TOYPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT WILLEFORDSeaman Apprentice · November 28, 1966
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER BARONOWSKILance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- LINUS GERARD K CHOCKCaptain · November 29, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.