WWII
Walter Williams
Rate / Rank
PMC
Birthdate
October 2 1895
Date of Death
March 9 1965
Branch
US Navy
Active Duty Service
May 1 1917 - August 18 1919
Conflicts & Campaigns
- Atlantic
Significant Duty Stations
- Recruiting Station, Atlanta, Georgia, May 1, 1917. Receiving Ship, Norfolk, Virginia, May 1 1917 - May 7, 1917. Naval Hospital Ship; Annapolis, Maryland, May 7, 1917 - August 6, 1917.
- Receiving Ship; New York, New York, August 6 1917 - August 8, 1917.
- USS Aeolus ID 3005, August 8, 1917 - July 5, 1918. USS Zeelandia (Former German passenger ship), August 2, 1918 - November 11, 1918. Discharged; Atlanta, Georgia, August 18, 1919.
Notes
US Navy service number 164-46-28. Walter left Tifton A&M College and volunteered for the US Navy during World War I. Having worked for White and Browne Drug Company in 1914, he selected pharmacy as his Navy specialty and advanced to Chief Pharmacist's Mate. Most of his service was aboard troop transports that were ferrying troops to France. Upon his release from the Navy he entered and graduated from Struby School of Pharmacy, Macon, Georgia. After working in Cairo, Washington DC, Valdosta and Thomasville, he returned to Cairo and on July 1, 1927 he purchased Wight & Browne Drug Store. With a concept of civic responsibility and zeal for progress and development, he came to be associated in almost every community improvement endeavor. He had a distinguished record as City Council member and Mayor of Cairo (1949-52). Charter Member and Commander of American Legion Post 122 Grady County (1940/41). Active member of Cairo Kiwanis and the Cairo Club. He served several years as chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee. He had two tenures as a trustee of the Grady County Hospital Authority with two years as its chairman. Was chairman of the 1965 March of Dimes campaign. Chaired the committee which sponsored the local cattle, barrow and corn production programs. When he died he was chairperson of the City of Cairo Development Authority, the Grady County Marketing Association and the Local Management Relations Council. (Condensed from the March 12, 1965 Cairo Messenger). Burial; Cairo Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.