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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