WWII
Trafford Horace Williams
Rate / Rank
Private
Birthdate
July 28 1912
Date of Death
July 11 1943
Branch
US Army
Active Duty Service
March 26 1941 - July 11 1943
Conflicts & Campaigns
- North Africa; Sicily
Significant Duty Stations
- Battery C, 456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division,
- Hawaii; Fort Moultrie, South Carolina; Fort Bragg, North Carolina, North Africa, Sicily
Decorations & Citations
- Purple Heart; Killed July 11, 1943, Hill 325, near Biazza Ridge in Southern Sicily.
- European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two bronze stars
Notes
Cairo VFW Post No. 8433 named in his honor. Burial: Tired Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Grady County, Georgia.