Michael J. Williams
Rank/Branch: Lance Cpl./Marines
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary
Brigade at Camp Lejeune
Date of Birth
Home City of Record: Ariz. (city not available)
Date of Loss: 23 March 2003
Country of Loss: Iraq
Loss Coordinates: Combat near An Nasiriyah
Status: MIA/Iraq - body reported recovered 29 March 2003
Category:
Acft/Vehicle/Ground:
Personnel in Incident: Personnel in Incident: Lance Cpl. Thomas
A. Blair, Pfc. Tamario D. Burkett, Cpl. Kemaphoom A. Chanawongse, Lance Cpl.
Donald J. Cline Pvt. Jonathan L. Gifford, Pvt. Nolen R. Hutchings, Lance Cpl.
Patrick R. Nixon, Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams
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: March 30, 2003
REMARKS: Pentagon officials said Lance Cpl.
Michael J. Williams was part of a group that was told to
secure a bridge near An Nasiriyah, and that they encountered what
appeared to be Iraqi civilians seeking to surrender but were
surprised when the men opened fire.
"They had uniforms underneath their clothes," Pentagon
officials said
"Eleven soldiers were killed. Eight soldiers ran to a more
secure area. No one has seen them since."
MIA Marine Found Dead
Seven Camp Lejeune Marines Remain Missing
POSTED: 5:40 p.m. EST March 29, 2003
NBC 17 -- CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- One of the eight Camp Lejeune-based
Marines missing in action has been found dead.
The fiancée of Marine Lance Cpl. Michael Williams confirmed
Saturday that his body was found near the town of Nasiriya. T
he 31-year-old was last seen on Sunday.
Seven Marines from Camp Lejeune are still listed as missing
in action.
The U.S. Department of Defense classifies these troops
officially as "Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown.
The Marines were last accounted for March 23 during a
battle near Nasiriya, Iraq.
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