Williams, Myron E.
Army Private

Myron E. Williams from Illinois, Champaign county.

Service era: World War II
Military history: 12 Infantry 4 Division

Date of death: Saturday, November 17, 1945
Death details: On July 13, 2022, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Private Myron E. Williams, missing from World War II. Private Myron E. Williams entered the U.S. Army from Illinois and was a member of Company L, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. On November 16, 1944, he was killed in action near Lendersdorf, Germany, during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest. He was last seen entering a heavily mined wooded area that also came under heavy artillery fire. Private Williams’s remains were not recovered or identified following the war. In 1947, American Graves Registration Command retrieved a set of remains that were found southwest of Hürtgen near a German mine belt. The remains could not be identified at the time and were buried an unknown remains at the Ardennes American Cemetery in Neupré, Belgium. Eventually, a DPAA historian studied the available historical records surrounding this unknown set of remains. They recommended that the remains be disinterred for analysis using modern forensic techniques, and provided a list of potential candidates that the remains could be associated with. The remains were accessioned into the DPAA laboratory, where they were identified as those of Private Williams.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency