Williams Everett Charles

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Everett Charles Williams is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Bataan Surrender Site Plaque

Name:

Everett Charles Williams

Rank:

Colonel

Serial Number:

O-005125

Unit:

United States Army

Date of Death:

1962-02-04

State:

Ohio

Cemetery:

Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Bronze Star, Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Comments:

Everett Charles Williams was born on January 13, 1889, in Birmingham, Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. He served in the US Army as a Colonel during World War II.

Col Williams was the acting Chief of Staff to General Edward P. King during the campaign in Bataan and accompanied him during surrender negotiations with Japanese Colonel Nakayama in Bataan, Philippines on April 9, 1942. He was held as a prisoner of war at the Hoten POW Camp (Mukden) in Manchuria, Japan for three and a half years before being liberated by Russian forces.

Col Williams died on February 4, 1962, and is now buried in the Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA.

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