Richard Beebe Williams (1914)

World War II · US Navy

Source Documents

Record	Events	Title	Source Website	Type	Created
Lt Richard Beebe Williams	Burial		Find a Grave	Fgv Document
LT Richard Beebe Bill Williams			Find a Grave	Fgv Document
Richard Beebe Williams.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	26 Jul 2020
R B Williams centograph.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	26 Jul 2020
Williams, Richard Beebe		US, WWII Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualty List, 1946	Forces War Records	Child Record	5 Nov 2013
Williams, Richard B - Missing in war.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	7 Aug 2020
Williams, Richard B - Not on Death March.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	7 Aug 2020
Williams, Richard - placement of gravestone cenotaph.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	7 Aug 2020
Williams, RB report of casualty.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	17 Sept 2020
Bill not on death march.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	11 Feb 2021
Brothers are POWs.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	12 Feb 2021
POW book.JPG			Forces War Records	Image	12 Feb 2021
Dakota Sunset Museum.JPG	Military Service		Forces War Records	Image	12 Feb 2021
Williams.JPG			Forces War Records	Image	13 Jun 2021
Title Page - South Dakota State Library.JPG			Forces War Records	Image	13 Jun 2021
Williams			Forces War Records	Image	15 Jun 2021
Hometown Heroes book			Forces War Records	Image	15 Jun 2021
North Dakota - Page 13		US, WWII Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualty List, 1946	Forces War Records	Image	5 Nov 2013
Capture			Forces War Records	Image	10 Apr 2022
Navy casualty record for Bill Williams			Forces War Records	Image	6 May 2022
Sinking of Oryoku Maru			Forces War Records	Image	6 May 2022
SIX MORE MONTHS by Jaeger			Forces War Records	Image	6 May 2022
POW Records			Forces War Records	Image	6 May 2022
Letter to Lucile from Commander Atkinson			Forces War Records	Image	6 May 2022
Letter about Bill's whereabouts			Forces War Records	Image	6 May 2022
POW telegram			Forces War Records	Image	6 May 2022
Photo on USS Oahu or maybe the USS Luzon			Forces War Records	Image	6 May 2022
Report of Casualty			Forces War Records	Image	6 May 2022
CENOTAPH			Forces War Records	Image	6 May 2022
Wms Richard Bill's letter to his grandmother 1937 3			Forces War Records	Image	6 May 2022
At Cabanatuan POW Camp			Forces War Records	Image	24 Jul 2022
Bilibid Prison - Philippines WWII			Forces War Records	Image	24 Jul 2022
1916-1918 Unit History - Page 94		Unit History - US, 9th Infantry Division, 1907-2004	Forces War Records	Image	31 Oct 2019
1916-1918 Unit History - Page 85		Unit History - US, 9th Infantry Division, 1907-2004	Forces War Records	Image	31 Oct 2019
Letter from Cele to Bonnie			Forces War Records	Image	15 Nov 2023
Lt. Richard Williams Killed on Prison Ship.jpg			Forces War Records	Image	15 Nov 2023
Gettysburg Man is in Philippines			Forces War Records	Image	15 Nov 2023
Gettysburg officer is prisoner of Japs			Forces War Records	Image	15 Nov 2023
Anxiety is relieved			Forces War Records	Image	15 Nov 2023
Gettysburg Man Reported Killed			Forces War Records	Image	15 Nov 2023
Bill Williams Prisoner from PC News on 18 Mar 1943			Forces War Records	Image	15 Nov 2023
Letter from E.L. Manson or Mauson .jpg			Forces War Records	Image	15 Nov 2023
Williams LUCK letter from Cele			Forces War Records	Image	15 Nov 2023
Letter from Bill to Cele			Forces War Records	Image	16 Nov 2023
Letter from Chan Gurney to Jay			Forces War Records	Image	16 Nov 2023
Williams, Richard Beebe		US, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, 1941-1975	Forces War Records	Index Record	27 May 2021
Richard B Williams		US, American Battle Monuments Commission, 1914-1950	Forces War Records	Index Record	8 Apr 2013
Terrence M Williams			Forces War Records	Memorial	27 Nov 2008
Jay H. Williams (1890)			Forces War Records	Memorial	6 Sept 2020
Kenneth M Quande			Forces War Records	Memorial	8 Apr 2013
Williams, Richard Beebe, 1LT			Forces War Records	Memorial	5 Dec 2021
Calvin S George (1916)			Forces War Records	Memorial	2 Dec 2023
Richard B Williams			Forces War Records	Memorial	8 Apr 2013

Source URLs

URL	Events	Description
Find A Grave for cenotaph in Potter County, SD		Link to centograph location
Philippine Island Memorial
Fold3 Prisoner of War record
Findagrave for RB Williams in Philippines in structure erected in honor of someone whose remains lie elsewhere.
Navy Casualties
Richard Beebe Williams in MilitaryTimes.com
Richard Beebe Williams on usnamemorialhall.org
Oryoku Maru roster
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159226718/richard-beebe-williams
https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/williams%3Drichard-9	Burial
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/RICHARD_B._WILLIAMS,_LT,_USN
PR-6 Oahu gunboat archives with photos
OAHU From: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Vol.V p 124
AUGUSTA From: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Vol. IA, pp. 471-77.
Lucky Bag - Annapolis Yearbook information
Heroes of the United States Naval Academy
https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2003/winter/hell-ships

Other Sources

Source	Events
Family knowledge	Custom, People

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