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S1C James Roy Williams
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S1C James Roy Williams Veteran

Birth
Russell County, Kentucky, USA
Death
3 Mar 1943 (aged 18)
At Sea
Monument
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England GPS-Latitude: 52.2160389, Longitude: 0.0554472
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Son of Emory Dee Williams who resided in Baltimore, Maryland during the war.

James served as a Seaman, First Class, and Armed Guard on the merchant ship S.S. Meriwether Lewis, U.S. Navy during World War II.

He resided in Kentucky prior to the war.

James was declared "Missing In Action" when the Meriwether Lewis was torpedoed by German Submarine U-634 in the Atlantic during the war. He was awarded a Purple Heart.

Service # 6341168

( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Son of Emory Dee Williams who resided in Baltimore, Maryland during the war.

James served as a Seaman, First Class, and Armed Guard on the merchant ship S.S. Meriwether Lewis, U.S. Navy during World War II.

He resided in Kentucky prior to the war.

James was declared "Missing In Action" when the Meriwether Lewis was torpedoed by German Submarine U-634 in the Atlantic during the war. He was awarded a Purple Heart.

Service # 6341168

( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )

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