World War II Honoree

L. D. Williams

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Dill City, Oklahoma

Honored By

Bill and Pam Williams Banks

Relationship

Son-in-Law and Daughter

SERGEANT E-5, SERVED AS A COMBAT INFANTRYMAN, MORTAR GUNNER AND MACHINE GUN SQUAD LEADER IN COMPANY B, 61ST ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION, 10TH ARMORED DIVISION. HE SERVED IN THE BATTLE OF ARDENNES (THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE), THE BATTLE OF THE RHINELAND AND THE CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGN. HE WAS WOUNDED TWICE, BOTH LEG INJURIES, AND WAS EVACUATED TO THE VETERANS HOSPITAL AT OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA AFTER MARCH, 1945 AND RECUPERATED THERE UNTIL HIS RELEASE FROM THE ARMY IN JANUARY, 1946. HE WAS AWARDED THE WWII VICTORY RIBBON, THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON WITH THREE BRONZE SERVICE STARS AND THE PURPLE HEART WITH ONE BRONZE OAK LEAF CLUSTER.