WILLIAMS, ROBERT CYRIL
Remains returned 05/95
Name: Robert Cyril Williams
Branch/Rank: United States Air Force/O4
Unit:
Date of Birth: 01 August 1929
Home City of Record: McLeansboro IL
Date of Loss: 01 July 1966
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 174344 North 1055643 East
Status (in 1973): Killed in Action/Body not Recovered
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: A1E
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident: unknown
Refno:
Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File. 2020
REMARKS:
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July 2, 1995
By Linda Rush
The Southern Illinoisan
McLeansboro MIA laid to rest
As a brisk breeze ruffled the hay in an adjacent field and snapped at the
array of flags, four military jets approached the cemetery in McLeansboro.
When they were directly over the cemetery, three jets continued on course; one
climbed straight heavenward until it soared out of sight and only the faint
sound of the engine was heard.
The symbolic flyover was a fitting farewell for Maj. Robert C. Williams of
McLeansboro, whose remains were laid to rest Saturday in his hometown of 2,700
- 29 years to the day after his A-1E Skyraider was shot down over Vietnam......
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02/2020
https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000uaqxrEAA
On May 16, 1995, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now
DPAA) identified the remains of Major Robert Cyril Williams,
missing from the Vietnam War.
Major Williams, who entered the U.S. Air Force from Illinois,
was a member of the 14th Air Commando Squadron. On July 1, 1966,
he piloted an A-1E Skyraider (serial number 52-133890) on a
search and rescue mission in Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam.
During the mission, the Skyraider was shot down by enemy ground
fire and Maj Williams was killed. Hostile presence in the area
inhibited search efforts at the time. In 1994, a joint
U.S./Vietnamese recovery team located the crash site of the
Skyraider and recovered remains which were later identified as
those of Maj Williams.
Major Williams is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at
the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
If you are a family member of this serviceman, you may contact your casualty office representative to learn more about your service member.