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Harry
Craig
Williams

Harry Williams was a non-graduating member of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1895. He retired as a U.S. Army Brigadier General.

Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Field Artillery)

    Regiment:

    320th Field Artillery Regiment

    Division:

    82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 5, 1918
    GHQ, American Expeditionary Forces, Citation Orders No. 5 (June 3, 1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Colonel (Field Artillery) Harry Craig Williams, United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving as Commanding Officer, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action near l’Esperance Farm, France, 5 October 1918, in personally supervising the selection of gun positions under heavy shell fire.

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Field Artillery)

    Regiment:

    320th Field Artillery Regiment

    Division:

    82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    World War I
    War Department, General Orders No. 56 (1922)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Colonel (Field Artillery) Harry C. Williams, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Commanding Officer, 320th Field Artillery, 82d Division, in the organization and training of the regiment and in its very successful operations against the enemy in the Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne offensives, Colonel Williams displayed tireless energy, keen devotion to duty, and eminent technical skill as an artillerist, gave most effective support to the Infantry of the 82d and 80th Divisions, and very materially contributed to the success attained by those units.