Everett Lemuel Williams

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) 27 September 1944 in B-24 #42-51532 'Hot Rock'.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37722733
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16061149 at enlistment, then O-713603
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12176128 at enlistment, then T-125579
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Event Location Date Description

Born

13 May 1922 Mecklemburg County, North Carolina, United States

Enlisted

28 September 1942 Camp Croft, South Carolina

Other

Killed In Action (KIA)

27 September 1944 Wildeck, Germany

Buried

29 September 1944 in the Waldfriedhof, Wildeck, Thuringe, Germany

Born

Charlotte, Mecklemburg County, North Carolina

Buried

after the war, his remains were brought back to the USA. Everett Williams, rests at the Arlington Baptist Church Cemetery in Charlotte, North Carolina

Revisions

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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Corrected Air Medal data

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Added Awrads info

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First name is Everett not Everette
WWII Draft card
NARA WWII Enlistment records
German document KU-3096 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147901443
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/25133888/everette-l_-williams

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Birsic, MACR 9572, 2AD Honor Roll / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9572 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database