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Williams, Samuel, LTG USA(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Denton, TX
Date of Passing Apr 26, 1984
Location of Interment Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery (VA) - San Antonio, Texas
359th Infantry: WWII Lineage and Assignments
Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Barkeley, Texas. Inactivated 26 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.
359th Infantry: WWII Honors
Campaigns: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe. French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for Moselle-Sarre Rivers. 1st Battalion additionally entitled to Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Pretot, France and Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Northern France.
359th Infantry: Miscellaneous
Assigned to the 90th Infantry Division during WWII.