WILLIAMS, Charles W, Boatswain's Mate Second Class, U.S. Coast Guard, Service# 213620, Enl: Ohio, MIA 19-Aug-1942, d.d. 1-Nov-1945
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BM2C Charles W. Williams, Jr. – MIA, 1942
August 19, 2022
https://marionveterans.home.blog/
Charles Wilbur Williams, Jr. was born 11 July 1913, in Columbus, Ohio. His parents are Charles W., Sr. & Mattie May Williams. Charles W. Williams, Jr. has two brothers in service; Staff Sergeant Willard W. Williams, of the 1924th Aviation Engineer Battalion, stationed at Okinawa and John Franklin Williams, recently discharged from the Navy. Charles Jr. attended Harding High School and graduated with the Class of 1933. He was a football letterman while he attended the school. He married Bernice (Sekinger) on 14 February 1938, in Marion, Ohio.
In 1935, Charles W. Williams, Jr. enlisted into the United States Coast Guard. During that three year service, he saw service during the Ohio River Flood of 1936. At the completion of this term of service he was employed with the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Wilmington Post. He later reenlisted with the Coast Guard and was stationed at St. Maris, Michigan, and Loraine, Ohio. He also served duty in the North Atlantic, then was transferred to the South Pacific.
He served as a Boatswain's Mate Second Class (BM2C) and was assigned to the USS Libra (AK-53). He was with the Libra when it served in the invasion and defense of Guadalcanal. BM2C Charles W. Williams, Jr. was declared Missing in Action (MIA), near Lunga, Guadalcanal, on 19 August 1942. It was more than three years before he was officially declared dead. The remains of BM2C Charles W. Williams, Jr. were not recovered.
BM2C Charles W. Williams, Jr. is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Charles W. Williams, Jr is remembered on the Honor Roll, at the Veterans Memorial Park, in Marion, Ohio; on the west wall of the Marion County Courthouse; and on the World War II Veterans Memorial Wall, at the Marion Cemetery.
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BM2C Charles W. Williams, Jr. – MIA, 1942
August 19, 2022
https://marionveterans.home.blog/
Charles Wilbur Williams, Jr. was born 11 July 1913, in Columbus, Ohio. His parents are Charles W., Sr. & Mattie May Williams. Charles W. Williams, Jr. has two brothers in service; Staff Sergeant Willard W. Williams, of the 1924th Aviation Engineer Battalion, stationed at Okinawa and John Franklin Williams, recently discharged from the Navy. Charles Jr. attended Harding High School and graduated with the Class of 1933. He was a football letterman while he attended the school. He married Bernice (Sekinger) on 14 February 1938, in Marion, Ohio.
In 1935, Charles W. Williams, Jr. enlisted into the United States Coast Guard. During that three year service, he saw service during the Ohio River Flood of 1936. At the completion of this term of service he was employed with the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Wilmington Post. He later reenlisted with the Coast Guard and was stationed at St. Maris, Michigan, and Loraine, Ohio. He also served duty in the North Atlantic, then was transferred to the South Pacific.
He served as a Boatswain's Mate Second Class (BM2C) and was assigned to the USS Libra (AK-53). He was with the Libra when it served in the invasion and defense of Guadalcanal. BM2C Charles W. Williams, Jr. was declared Missing in Action (MIA), near Lunga, Guadalcanal, on 19 August 1942. It was more than three years before he was officially declared dead. The remains of BM2C Charles W. Williams, Jr. were not recovered.
BM2C Charles W. Williams, Jr. is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Charles W. Williams, Jr is remembered on the Honor Roll, at the Veterans Memorial Park, in Marion, Ohio; on the west wall of the Marion County Courthouse; and on the World War II Veterans Memorial Wall, at the Marion Cemetery.
WILLIAMS, Charles W, Boatswain's Mate Second Class, U.S. Coast Guard, Service# 213620, Enl: Ohio, MIA 19-Aug-1942, d.d. 1-Nov-1945
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BM2C Charles W. Williams, Jr. – MIA, 1942
August 19, 2022
https://marionveterans.home.blog/
Charles Wilbur Williams, Jr. was born 11 July 1913, in Columbus, Ohio. His parents are Charles W., Sr. & Mattie May Williams. Charles W. Williams, Jr. has two brothers in service; Staff Sergeant Willard W. Williams, of the 1924th Aviation Engineer Battalion, stationed at Okinawa and John Franklin Williams, recently discharged from the Navy. Charles Jr. attended Harding High School and graduated with the Class of 1933. He was a football letterman while he attended the school. He married Bernice (Sekinger) on 14 February 1938, in Marion, Ohio.
In 1935, Charles W. Williams, Jr. enlisted into the United States Coast Guard. During that three year service, he saw service during the Ohio River Flood of 1936. At the completion of this term of service he was employed with the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Wilmington Post. He later reenlisted with the Coast Guard and was stationed at St. Maris, Michigan, and Loraine, Ohio. He also served duty in the North Atlantic, then was transferred to the South Pacific.
He served as a Boatswain's Mate Second Class (BM2C) and was assigned to the USS Libra (AK-53). He was with the Libra when it served in the invasion and defense of Guadalcanal. BM2C Charles W. Williams, Jr. was declared Missing in Action (MIA), near Lunga, Guadalcanal, on 19 August 1942. It was more than three years before he was officially declared dead. The remains of BM2C Charles W. Williams, Jr. were not recovered.
BM2C Charles W. Williams, Jr. is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Charles W. Williams, Jr is remembered on the Honor Roll, at the Veterans Memorial Park, in Marion, Ohio; on the west wall of the Marion County Courthouse; and on the World War II Veterans Memorial Wall, at the Marion Cemetery.
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BM2C Charles W. Williams, Jr. – MIA, 1942
August 19, 2022
https://marionveterans.home.blog/
Charles Wilbur Williams, Jr. was born 11 July 1913, in Columbus, Ohio. His parents are Charles W., Sr. & Mattie May Williams. Charles W. Williams, Jr. has two brothers in service; Staff Sergeant Willard W. Williams, of the 1924th Aviation Engineer Battalion, stationed at Okinawa and John Franklin Williams, recently discharged from the Navy. Charles Jr. attended Harding High School and graduated with the Class of 1933. He was a football letterman while he attended the school. He married Bernice (Sekinger) on 14 February 1938, in Marion, Ohio.
In 1935, Charles W. Williams, Jr. enlisted into the United States Coast Guard. During that three year service, he saw service during the Ohio River Flood of 1936. At the completion of this term of service he was employed with the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Wilmington Post. He later reenlisted with the Coast Guard and was stationed at St. Maris, Michigan, and Loraine, Ohio. He also served duty in the North Atlantic, then was transferred to the South Pacific.
He served as a Boatswain's Mate Second Class (BM2C) and was assigned to the USS Libra (AK-53). He was with the Libra when it served in the invasion and defense of Guadalcanal. BM2C Charles W. Williams, Jr. was declared Missing in Action (MIA), near Lunga, Guadalcanal, on 19 August 1942. It was more than three years before he was officially declared dead. The remains of BM2C Charles W. Williams, Jr. were not recovered.
BM2C Charles W. Williams, Jr. is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Charles W. Williams, Jr is remembered on the Honor Roll, at the Veterans Memorial Park, in Marion, Ohio; on the west wall of the Marion County Courthouse; and on the World War II Veterans Memorial Wall, at the Marion Cemetery.
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