Eric WilliamsSpecialist Four511TH ENG CO, 70TH ENG BN, 937TH ENG GRP, USARV Army of the United States 07 March 1946 - 11 April 1966 New Orleans, Louisiana Panel 06E Line 105 |
 
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The database page for Eric Williams
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The sign in the above photograph stood adjacent the Bailey Bridge over the Song Ba River near An Khe. The bridge was named Williams Bridge, and the sign reads:
IN MEMORY OF That is all I knew of Eric Williams for 30 years. I have since found out that Eric was 20 years old when he died on April 4, 1966. I took the above photograph 1 year later as I was doing routine maintenance on the bridge. Hanging out over the edge of the bridge with the monsoon-swollen river racing beneath me, I thought about how miserable a fate it would be to die by drowning in murky waters in a foreign land. Only recently did I learn that is how Eric met his fate. He was a young black man whose home of record was New Orleans. He was Roman Catholic, and he was married.
I dedicate this page to the memory of Eric Williams, and to his family and friends. I want them to know that this bridge stood for many years as a monument to Eric's service and sacrifice. If anyone discovering this page knew Eric or his family, please contact me by e-mailing me at
dmouer@vcu.org To learn more about the unit in which Eric and I both served, though a year apart, please visit the Reunion web for the 70th Combat Engineer Battalion. If you visit the non-virtual Wall in Washington, D.C., look up Eric at Panel 06E Line 105. This memory was left at the "The Virtual Wall" by
Dan Mouer |
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ROSES ARE RED
From his grandson, |
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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 26 Feb 1997
Last updated 08/10/2009