Rank: Corporal
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 8-Jan-1950
Hometown: Neoga, Illinois
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 2-Jul-1969
Start of tour: 15-Dec-1969
Incident date: 9-Apr-1970
Date of casualty: 9-Apr-1970
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Raymond Lewis Williams was killed while at a night defensive position when the area came under attack by a hostile force.
Two Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SP4 Edward Hugo Beyer
CPL Raymond Lewis Williams
Location of fatality: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam
Place of interment: New Beals Cemetery, Pleasant Grove Township, Illinois, USA
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