In Memory of….. PFC Freddie McWilliams.
*** Burial will be in the Winnfield Colored Cemetery. Also known as " Morning Star Cemetery ".
*** Company A, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, Vietnam.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
FREDDIE MCWILLIAMS - Army - PFC - E3
Age: 21
Race: Negro
Date of Birth Nov 26, 1945
From: WINNFIELD, LA
Religion: BAPTIST
Marital Status: Single - Father, Finus McWilliams,Born abt. 1912 and Died 1995 in Dallas where he lived.. Mother, Doretha Page Born October 6, 1923 - 1998 died on September 4, 1998 at 74 years old., of Hatfield Addition. Two sisters, Barbara Jones and Brenda Robinson Howard (Died July 14, 2004); two brothers, Cleotha Amos, and Jackie Robinson, all of Winnfield.
***** Freddie McWilliams was a very funny and caring person who meant the world to his family and friends. He was someone that you would never forget because his warmth was unforgettable. Freddie came from a very small town (todays population is about 10,000) His death left a void in our lives because small towns are like big families.
Anna Lemee
***** Freddie it has been thirty five years since that fatal day an I was not with you all that due to the fact that I was already in the hospital recuprating from earlier wound I. Got the message from art jackson when we meet up at the hospital together in Japan I want to say to you I still think about you, David Vest, Chester Paull and others that was lost in the paltoon ansquad you may be gone but you are not forgotten your friend an fellow comrade in arms.
Mckinley Paul
***** Abron King (Reynolds)Friend and Classmate
PFC - E3 - Army - 9th Infantry Division
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Nov 25, 1966
Casualty was on Sep 29, 1967
In LONG AN, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MISADVENTURE
Body was recovered
Panel 27E - Line 30
Obituaries: Freddie McWilliams, 1967, Winn Parish, LA.
From: October 5, 1967 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American
Winn Parish Has Third Victim Of Viet Nam War
Freddie McWilliams, 22, a Winnfield native and a 1964 graduate of Pinecrest High School, is the third Winn Parish victim of the Viet Nam War.
McWilliams' mother, Doretha Page, of Hatfield Addition, was notified last Saturday that he was killed on September 29 while on patrol in battle in Viet Nam.
His father, Finus McWilliams, lives in Dallas, Texas.
Drafted by the Winn Parish Board, McWilliams would have completed two years in the Army in he had lived until Nov. 18. He had been in Viet Nam since the latter part of last December, having spent Christmas aboard a Navy boat enroute to Viet Nam.
Prior to being drafted, McWilliams was employed by Olin Mathieson Plywood while it was being constructed, and later, Continental Oil Co.
Funeral arrangements will be made later. The body is expected to arrive here within several days.
Last rites will be conducted at Morning Star Baptist Church, with Rev. H. Y. Bell officiating.
Burial will be in the Winnfield Colored Cemetery.
Besides his parents, he leaves two sisters, Barbara Jones and Brenda Robinson; two brothers, Cleotha Amos, and Jackie Robinson, all of Winnfield.
********************************************************
Find a Grave contributor, Amber Crocker has fulfilled your photo request for Freddie McWilliams.
Thank you so very much,
Edna
******************************
.
*** Burial will be in the Winnfield Colored Cemetery. Also known as " Morning Star Cemetery ".
*** Company A, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, Vietnam.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
FREDDIE MCWILLIAMS - Army - PFC - E3
Age: 21
Race: Negro
Date of Birth Nov 26, 1945
From: WINNFIELD, LA
Religion: BAPTIST
Marital Status: Single - Father, Finus McWilliams,Born abt. 1912 and Died 1995 in Dallas where he lived.. Mother, Doretha Page Born October 6, 1923 - 1998 died on September 4, 1998 at 74 years old., of Hatfield Addition. Two sisters, Barbara Jones and Brenda Robinson Howard (Died July 14, 2004); two brothers, Cleotha Amos, and Jackie Robinson, all of Winnfield.
***** Freddie McWilliams was a very funny and caring person who meant the world to his family and friends. He was someone that you would never forget because his warmth was unforgettable. Freddie came from a very small town (todays population is about 10,000) His death left a void in our lives because small towns are like big families.
Anna Lemee
***** Freddie it has been thirty five years since that fatal day an I was not with you all that due to the fact that I was already in the hospital recuprating from earlier wound I. Got the message from art jackson when we meet up at the hospital together in Japan I want to say to you I still think about you, David Vest, Chester Paull and others that was lost in the paltoon ansquad you may be gone but you are not forgotten your friend an fellow comrade in arms.
Mckinley Paul
***** Abron King (Reynolds)Friend and Classmate
PFC - E3 - Army - 9th Infantry Division
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Nov 25, 1966
Casualty was on Sep 29, 1967
In LONG AN, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MISADVENTURE
Body was recovered
Panel 27E - Line 30
Obituaries: Freddie McWilliams, 1967, Winn Parish, LA.
From: October 5, 1967 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American
Winn Parish Has Third Victim Of Viet Nam War
Freddie McWilliams, 22, a Winnfield native and a 1964 graduate of Pinecrest High School, is the third Winn Parish victim of the Viet Nam War.
McWilliams' mother, Doretha Page, of Hatfield Addition, was notified last Saturday that he was killed on September 29 while on patrol in battle in Viet Nam.
His father, Finus McWilliams, lives in Dallas, Texas.
Drafted by the Winn Parish Board, McWilliams would have completed two years in the Army in he had lived until Nov. 18. He had been in Viet Nam since the latter part of last December, having spent Christmas aboard a Navy boat enroute to Viet Nam.
Prior to being drafted, McWilliams was employed by Olin Mathieson Plywood while it was being constructed, and later, Continental Oil Co.
Funeral arrangements will be made later. The body is expected to arrive here within several days.
Last rites will be conducted at Morning Star Baptist Church, with Rev. H. Y. Bell officiating.
Burial will be in the Winnfield Colored Cemetery.
Besides his parents, he leaves two sisters, Barbara Jones and Brenda Robinson; two brothers, Cleotha Amos, and Jackie Robinson, all of Winnfield.
********************************************************
Find a Grave contributor, Amber Crocker has fulfilled your photo request for Freddie McWilliams.
Thank you so very much,
Edna
******************************
.
In Memory of….. PFC Freddie McWilliams.
*** Burial will be in the Winnfield Colored Cemetery. Also known as " Morning Star Cemetery ".
*** Company A, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, Vietnam.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
FREDDIE MCWILLIAMS - Army - PFC - E3
Age: 21
Race: Negro
Date of Birth Nov 26, 1945
From: WINNFIELD, LA
Religion: BAPTIST
Marital Status: Single - Father, Finus McWilliams,Born abt. 1912 and Died 1995 in Dallas where he lived.. Mother, Doretha Page Born October 6, 1923 - 1998 died on September 4, 1998 at 74 years old., of Hatfield Addition. Two sisters, Barbara Jones and Brenda Robinson Howard (Died July 14, 2004); two brothers, Cleotha Amos, and Jackie Robinson, all of Winnfield.
***** Freddie McWilliams was a very funny and caring person who meant the world to his family and friends. He was someone that you would never forget because his warmth was unforgettable. Freddie came from a very small town (todays population is about 10,000) His death left a void in our lives because small towns are like big families.
Anna Lemee
***** Freddie it has been thirty five years since that fatal day an I was not with you all that due to the fact that I was already in the hospital recuprating from earlier wound I. Got the message from art jackson when we meet up at the hospital together in Japan I want to say to you I still think about you, David Vest, Chester Paull and others that was lost in the paltoon ansquad you may be gone but you are not forgotten your friend an fellow comrade in arms.
Mckinley Paul
***** Abron King (Reynolds)Friend and Classmate
PFC - E3 - Army - 9th Infantry Division
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Nov 25, 1966
Casualty was on Sep 29, 1967
In LONG AN, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MISADVENTURE
Body was recovered
Panel 27E - Line 30
Obituaries: Freddie McWilliams, 1967, Winn Parish, LA.
From: October 5, 1967 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American
Winn Parish Has Third Victim Of Viet Nam War
Freddie McWilliams, 22, a Winnfield native and a 1964 graduate of Pinecrest High School, is the third Winn Parish victim of the Viet Nam War.
McWilliams' mother, Doretha Page, of Hatfield Addition, was notified last Saturday that he was killed on September 29 while on patrol in battle in Viet Nam.
His father, Finus McWilliams, lives in Dallas, Texas.
Drafted by the Winn Parish Board, McWilliams would have completed two years in the Army in he had lived until Nov. 18. He had been in Viet Nam since the latter part of last December, having spent Christmas aboard a Navy boat enroute to Viet Nam.
Prior to being drafted, McWilliams was employed by Olin Mathieson Plywood while it was being constructed, and later, Continental Oil Co.
Funeral arrangements will be made later. The body is expected to arrive here within several days.
Last rites will be conducted at Morning Star Baptist Church, with Rev. H. Y. Bell officiating.
Burial will be in the Winnfield Colored Cemetery.
Besides his parents, he leaves two sisters, Barbara Jones and Brenda Robinson; two brothers, Cleotha Amos, and Jackie Robinson, all of Winnfield.
********************************************************
Find a Grave contributor, Amber Crocker has fulfilled your photo request for Freddie McWilliams.
Thank you so very much,
Edna
******************************
.
*** Burial will be in the Winnfield Colored Cemetery. Also known as " Morning Star Cemetery ".
*** Company A, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, Vietnam.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
FREDDIE MCWILLIAMS - Army - PFC - E3
Age: 21
Race: Negro
Date of Birth Nov 26, 1945
From: WINNFIELD, LA
Religion: BAPTIST
Marital Status: Single - Father, Finus McWilliams,Born abt. 1912 and Died 1995 in Dallas where he lived.. Mother, Doretha Page Born October 6, 1923 - 1998 died on September 4, 1998 at 74 years old., of Hatfield Addition. Two sisters, Barbara Jones and Brenda Robinson Howard (Died July 14, 2004); two brothers, Cleotha Amos, and Jackie Robinson, all of Winnfield.
***** Freddie McWilliams was a very funny and caring person who meant the world to his family and friends. He was someone that you would never forget because his warmth was unforgettable. Freddie came from a very small town (todays population is about 10,000) His death left a void in our lives because small towns are like big families.
Anna Lemee
***** Freddie it has been thirty five years since that fatal day an I was not with you all that due to the fact that I was already in the hospital recuprating from earlier wound I. Got the message from art jackson when we meet up at the hospital together in Japan I want to say to you I still think about you, David Vest, Chester Paull and others that was lost in the paltoon ansquad you may be gone but you are not forgotten your friend an fellow comrade in arms.
Mckinley Paul
***** Abron King (Reynolds)Friend and Classmate
PFC - E3 - Army - 9th Infantry Division
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Nov 25, 1966
Casualty was on Sep 29, 1967
In LONG AN, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MISADVENTURE
Body was recovered
Panel 27E - Line 30
Obituaries: Freddie McWilliams, 1967, Winn Parish, LA.
From: October 5, 1967 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American
Winn Parish Has Third Victim Of Viet Nam War
Freddie McWilliams, 22, a Winnfield native and a 1964 graduate of Pinecrest High School, is the third Winn Parish victim of the Viet Nam War.
McWilliams' mother, Doretha Page, of Hatfield Addition, was notified last Saturday that he was killed on September 29 while on patrol in battle in Viet Nam.
His father, Finus McWilliams, lives in Dallas, Texas.
Drafted by the Winn Parish Board, McWilliams would have completed two years in the Army in he had lived until Nov. 18. He had been in Viet Nam since the latter part of last December, having spent Christmas aboard a Navy boat enroute to Viet Nam.
Prior to being drafted, McWilliams was employed by Olin Mathieson Plywood while it was being constructed, and later, Continental Oil Co.
Funeral arrangements will be made later. The body is expected to arrive here within several days.
Last rites will be conducted at Morning Star Baptist Church, with Rev. H. Y. Bell officiating.
Burial will be in the Winnfield Colored Cemetery.
Besides his parents, he leaves two sisters, Barbara Jones and Brenda Robinson; two brothers, Cleotha Amos, and Jackie Robinson, all of Winnfield.
********************************************************
Find a Grave contributor, Amber Crocker has fulfilled your photo request for Freddie McWilliams.
Thank you so very much,
Edna
******************************
.
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