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WILLIE ROGERS WILLIAMS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 24, 1946 – August 7, 1971
Service recordWillie Rogers Williams, of Flushing, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 126
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 126
- JAMES RONALD BROWNSpecialist Four · August 8, 1971
- THOMAS MAURICE HANKINSStaff Sergeant · August 8, 1971
- HAROLD BROWN FLYNNPetty Officer Second Class · August 9, 1971
- ARNOLD LOVINSSpecialist Four · August 9, 1971
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
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.