Name:
Walter Robert "Bud" Williams
Rank:
Sergeant
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Unit:
535th Bomber Squadron, 381st Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
2008-04-01
State:
North Dakota
Cemetery:
Persilla Watts Cemetery, Rugby, Pierce County, North Dakota
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Walter Robert "Bud" Williams was born on April 2, 1923, in Rugby, North Dakota. He was married to Rosella Fosser Williams.
A Radio Operator on the B-17 #423511, he was one of the survivors when his plane was shot down by flak on April 25, 1944. Their plane crashed in Precy-sur-Oise, seven miles southwest of Creil, France. He was one of the 152 allied airmen and soldiers who were helped and hidden in the Freteval Forest camp by the French Resistance to evade German capture.
Sgt Williams died on April 1, 2008, at the age of 84, and is now buried in the Persilla Watts Cemetery, Rugby, Pierce County, North Dakota, USA.