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TSGT Thomas Maynard Williams Jr.

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TSGT Thomas Maynard Williams Jr.

Birth
South Carolina, USA
Death
24 May 1945 (aged 22)
Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Burial
Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION 79 SITE 429
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Crewmember aboard B-29-60-BW- Superfortress #44-69734.

Shot down over the metropolitan Tokyo area while on Mission 181, the highest number of Superfortresses to participate on a bombing mission at one time. Ten crewmembers were killed and two reportedly parachuted and survived. Missing Air Crew Report № 14479.

The Crew:

1LT Selden G Mouser, O-808446, MI, Pilot
1LT Milton Benjamin, O-702363, IL
1LT Robert L Zetterquist, O-867081, CA
MSGT Nathan J Dyer, 19074705, WA
SSGT Carl F Graves, 39029174, MO
SSGT Robert D Hamilton, 32404861, NY
SSGT Chester J Paszkowski, 36320061, IL
SGT Clarence A Peeples, 38528061, TX
TSGT Thomas M Williams Jr., 14029244, SC
PFC John J McNulty, 13093994, PA
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Enlisted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia, October 9, 1940.
Crewmember aboard B-29-60-BW- Superfortress #44-69734.

Shot down over the metropolitan Tokyo area while on Mission 181, the highest number of Superfortresses to participate on a bombing mission at one time. Ten crewmembers were killed and two reportedly parachuted and survived. Missing Air Crew Report № 14479.

The Crew:

1LT Selden G Mouser, O-808446, MI, Pilot
1LT Milton Benjamin, O-702363, IL
1LT Robert L Zetterquist, O-867081, CA
MSGT Nathan J Dyer, 19074705, WA
SSGT Carl F Graves, 39029174, MO
SSGT Robert D Hamilton, 32404861, NY
SSGT Chester J Paszkowski, 36320061, IL
SGT Clarence A Peeples, 38528061, TX
TSGT Thomas M Williams Jr., 14029244, SC
PFC John J McNulty, 13093994, PA
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Enlisted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia, October 9, 1940.

Inscription

TSGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II



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  • Created by: ShaneO
  • Added: Aug 26, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41163902/thomas_maynard-williams: accessed ), memorial page for TSGT Thomas Maynard Williams Jr. (21 Aug 1922–24 May 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41163902, citing Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).