Williams, Eugene
Sergeant

Eugene Williams, age 26, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.

Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)

Date of death: Saturday, September 25, 1993
Death details: While flying on a night reconnaissance mission over Mogadishu, Somalia’s capitol city, a rocket-propelled grenade was fired from a roof top. It went through the open side door of the helicopter and exploded, killing three soldiers.

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Iowa State University, Associated Press