Pvt Harry Robert Williams, 6th Regt USMC.
Born at Hillsboro, Mountain County, Indiana on 1 April 1897, Harry was a barber in his civilian life. He enlisted into the US Marine Corps on 13 May 1917 and, after training at Parris Island, South Carolina, he was assigned to the 82nd Company of the 6th Regiment USMC (2nd Division). A participant in action near Verdun, he died of wounds received in action at the 2nd Divisional Field Hospital on 2 April 1918. An original interment in the American Cemetery at Thiaucourt (now known as ‘St Mihiel American Cemetery'), he still lies there in Plot B, Row 10, Grave 10.
2 April 1918
Research by David O'Mara, Croonaert Research Services.
