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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMS, Harold Hicks Jr
Date of birth
17 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island
Hometown
Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31008110
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Surgical Technician
Unit
Medical Detachment,
33rd Armored Engineer Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
St. Vith Salient, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Harold H. Williams Sr. (father)
Catherine Williams (mother)
Walter N. Williams (brother)

More information

PFC Harold H. Williams was riding in a 1/4 ton truck with another aid man in a column comprised of element of Task Force 'Beatty' which was ordered to move from an area north of St Vith to an area west of St Vith. The move was made under heavy artillery fire. Pvt Williams left the convoy and during an attempt to pass the road, was hit by enemy fire and was killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Providence Journal - 23 January 1945