WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

David K. Williams

Entered Service: January 29, 1942.

Branch of Service: 158th Infantry, Company "M"

Trained at Camp Wolters, Texas; Chalmette Ship at New Orleans.

Overseas: May 28, 1942

Theatre of Operation: Southwest and Central Pacific.

Engagements: Bismark, Archipelago, New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies, Luzon. 

Medals Earned: Bronze Star Medal, Oak Leaf Cluster.

Returned to U.S.:  August 9, 1945 

Discharged: August 14, 1945, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.  

Rank: Sergeant

Total Months in Service: Forty-two.

Other non-combat areas were Panama Canal Zone, Australia; Kiriwina Isle, Woolock Island. 

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