GREEN BERETS Williams, Richard,Jr

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Williams ​

• FORENAME

Richard,Jr ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (Det B-13)​

• RANK

Sergeant First Class ​

• NUMBER

457524928​

• DATE OF DEATH

26th January 1970 ​

• AGE

32 ​

• GRAVESITE

Woodlawn Memorial Park,Greenville,Greenville County,South Carolina Section D​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from San Antonio,Texas​

born 1.5.1937​

husband of Hao Williams​

12 years service​

awards Air Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters,Army Commendation Medal​

quoted as MACV-SOG-CCN (not listed on their website casualties)​

quoted as Det B-52 (Project Delta) (cant confirm)​

jeep hit by aircraft which overran runway January 1970 Nha Trang,Khan Hoa Province,South Vietnam​

died of pneumonia Japan (2 weeks later)​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 14W Line 70 ​

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