Herbert G. Williams, U.S. Army

Hero Card 272, Card Pack 23 [pending]
Artistic rendering by Craig Du Mez, from original photo (provided by the family)

Hometown: Dandridge, TN
Branch: 
U.S. Army 
Unit: 
121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division
Military Honors:
Purple Heart
Date of Sacrifice: 
February 27, 1945 - KIA east of Düren, Germany (likely) 
Age: 
29
Conflict: 
World War II, 1939-1945

Story text pending…

Sources
Details and card photo submitted by Ms. Carie Beth Seaton, PFC Williams’ great-granddaughter
Jefferson County Standard, March 29, 1945:
With Our Boys in the Service
East Tennessee Veterans Memorial Association:
Herbert G. Williams
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum:
8th Infantry Division Campaigns during World War II
United States Army:
Eighth Infantry Division, a combat history by regiments and special units [U.S. Army. 13th Infantry Regiment] (1946). World War Regimental Histories. 121.
Warfare History Network:
Operation Grenade: Race to the Roer
American Battle Monuments Commission, Search (Advanced) Herbert G. Williams
Burial Site:
Find a Grave


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