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Roanoker Killed When Army Plane Strikes Steeple

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.193 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Newspaper clipping Date: circa September 1949 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 10.5 cm, Width: 6 cm Order a Copy

Article about the death of First Lt. Eugene W. Williams in a plane crash while serving in the Air Force in Gibelsadt, Germany with the 86th Fighter Group. Mentions that his brother "Leroy" Williams was also killed while serving in the Air Force in 1943. Lists surviving family members.

Kent, Virginia Williams, 1918-1987
Twitty, Geraldine Williams, 1930-
Williams, Cordelia Shelton, 1884-1978
Williams, Eugene W., 1925-1949
Williams, H. Hamilton, 1911-1981
Williams, James T. II, 1914-1966
Williams, LeRoi S., 1919-1943

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