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Williams, Hoy L., Pfc.
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Home Town Saint George
Date of Passing Apr 12, 1999
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS HOY L. WILLIAMS WAS A FARMER NEAR SAINT GEORGE WEST VIRGINIA BEFORE ENTERING THE SERVICE ON 19 SEPTEMBER 1943. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO COMPANY "A" 157TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 45TH INFANTRY DIVISION AND SERVED IN EUROPE FROM 9 MARCH 1944 TO 4 OCTOBER 1945. PFC WILLIAMS WAS WOUNDED 3 TIMES IN COMBAT HIS DISCHARGE LISTS ALL RECEIVED IN FRANCE. HOY. L WILLIAMS PASSED AWAY IN COLEMAN, MICHIGAN ON 12 APRIL 1999 AND WAS LAID TO REST AT THE WARREN TOWNSHIP CEMETERY IN COLEMAN.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Southern France Campaign (1944)
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August / 1944
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September / 1944
Description (Southern France Campaign 15 August to 14 September 1944) While the Germans were retreating in Italy in the summer of 1944, the Allies diverted some of their strength in the theater to the invasion of Southern France. After preliminary bombardment, a combined seaborne-airborne force landed on the French Riviera on 15 August. Marseilles having been taken, Sevmth Army advanced up the Rhone Valley and by mid-September was in touch with Allied forces that had entered France from the north.
