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WII FALLEN HERO, US Navy, Graduate of Annapolis. Entered the service from District of Columbia. POW of Japanese at Cabanatuan, Philippines.
Timeline
Birth- 12 Nov 1914
Gettysburg, Potter County, SD, USA
Marriage- 20 Aug 1937
Anne Lucile Fuller
Long Beach,Los Angeles County, CA
1939 - 1945World War II
Served For
United States of America
Conflict Period
World War II
Branch
Navy
Naval Academy graduate
1937
Gold Star
Taken prisoner by Japanese
May 6, 1942 - Fort Hughes, Philippines
Service Number
0-078791
Award
Gold Star
POW ship Oryoku Maru was bombed
Casualty- 15 Dec 1944
Subic Bay, Philippines
Naval Academy
Naval Academy
Naval Academy (Annapolis) graduate
Burial
Body never recovered. Cenotaph at Gettysburg Cemetery, Gettysburg, SD.
Burial
Remembered on the Walls of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines
Other Facts
Father
Jay H. Williams
Mother
Vera Bonnie Beebe Williams
Full Name
Richard Beebe Williams
Full Name
Richard B Williams
Also Known As
Bill Williams
Place of Residence
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Place of Residence
Gettysburg, South Dakota
