Captain Robert L. Williams

Robert Williams Obit 9-27-42.jpg
Robert Lamar Williams Obit 1-18-45.jpg
Robert Lamar Williams Memorial 10-9-49.jpg

Title

Captain Robert L. Williams

Subject

World War II
United States Army Air Forces

Description

Captain Robert Lamar Williams was killed on September 16, 1942, when his plane went down somewhere over the South Pacific. Capt. Williams was a native of South Carolina, but came to Tuscaloosa for flight training. Capt. Williams was the husband of Helen Wilson Williams of Tuscaloosa. Capt. Williams was a 1940 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. For his service Capt. Williams was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart.

A photo of Capt. Williams can be found at this site: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56786339

An article by his wife describing her husband can be found at this site: http://www.demopolistimes.com/2005/05/30/memorial-day-time-to-remember/

Source

Tuscaloosa News Archive

Publisher

Tuscaloosa News

Date

September 27, 1942
January 18, 1945
October 9, 1949

Contributor

Tuscaloosa Public Library

Type

Newspaper

Identifier

1449

Coverage

Tuscaloosa County (AL)

Original Format

Newspaper