World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
William Vern Williams
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Madison, South Dakota
Honored By
A Fellow Vet
He was a Waist Gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress with the 91st Bombardment Group. Based from England, he was on a mission over Anklam, Germany, when his plane was rammed by an enemy fighter and he was sadly lost on October 9th, 1943, during the liberation of occupied Europe.