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Eric Williams
Specialist Four
511TH ENG CO, 70TH ENG BN, 937TH ENG GROUP, USARV Army of the United States New Orleans, Louisiana March 07, 1946 to April 11, 1966 ERIC WILLIAMS is on the Wall at Panel 6E, Line 105 |
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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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