Williams, Curtiss Alwood
- Date of birth:
- May 1st, 1918 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the United States of America)
- Date of death:
- September 20th, 1944 (Nijmegen/Gelderland province, the Netherlands)
- Buried on:
- Arlington National Cemetery
Plot: 34. Grave: 1871. - Service number:
- 6837928
- Nationality:
- American
Biography
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Purple Heart
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Corporal
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Awarded for:
- Operation Market Garden
Posthumously awarded
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Corporal
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Corporal
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Corporal
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Corporal
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Corporal
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Corporal
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Corporal
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
Sources
- Photo 1: Findagrave.com by rosie mcnaughton
- Photo 2: Findagrave.com by John Evans
- - LUNTEREN, F. VAN, The Battle of the Bridges, Casemate, 2017.
- MEGELLAS, J., De weg naar Berlijn, Mynx, Amsterdam, Nederland, 2005.
- NORDYKE, P., All American All the Way, Zenith Press, St. Paul, United States, 2005.
- STEENBERGER, D. e.a., De Oversteek, De Gelderlander, Nijmegen, 2013.
- https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=31600
- https://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/504/504_trp_3.html
- https://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/504/rosters/504_roster_h.html
- https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1087124
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81207585/curtiss-alwood-williams
- https://www.ancestry.com
- https://www.fold3.com/memorial/657800679/williams-curtiss-alwood-cpl
- https://www.honorstates.org/profiles/543315/
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