World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Richard Martell Williams
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Hydro, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
INDUCTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE ON MAY 15, 1941. COMMISSIONED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT AND SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. ASSIGNED TO THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AT DUTCH HARBOR IN ALASKA FOR 20 MONTHS WITH AN INFANTRY UNIT. PARTICIPATED IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS CAMPAIGN. STATIONED AT CAMP WHITE AT MEDFORD, OREGON IN FEBRUARY, 1944. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. TRANSFERRED TO U.S. AIR FORCE RESERVE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR AND SERVED IN ACTIVE AND RESERVE STATUS UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL.