David S. Williams

{Williams} Rank/Branch: CWO/Army
Unit: Aviation Battalion, 1/227th Company C, 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, based in Fort Hood, Texas
Date of Birth
Home City of Record: Orlando, Fla.
Date of Loss: 23 March 2003
Country of Loss: Iraq
Loss Coordinates: Karbala, about 60 miles southwest of Baghdad
Status: POW/Iraq
Category:
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: AH-64D Apache Longbow
Personnel in Incident: Chief Warrant Officer David S. Williams and Chief Warrant Officer Ronald Young Jr
Source: Compiled by Last Firebase Veterans Archives Project from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.
Date Updated: 29 March 2003
REMARKS:
After playing football in high school and attending community college in Orlando, Fla., Chief Warrant Officer David S. Williams joined the Army reserves, and later signed on for active duty.
Williams, 30, was captured when his Apache helicopter went down during heavy fighting in Karbala, about 60 miles southwest of Baghdad. The government declared Williams and the other Apache crew member, Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young Jr., 26, prisoners of war after they were shown on Iraqi state television March 24, apparently uninjured.
David Williams Sr. said he was upset when he saw images of his son on Iraqi television, but felt that the footage served as proof that his son was still alive. David has a 2-year-old son and a 5-month-old daughter.
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