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Chester
Lawrence
Williams
POW (Korea) MIA

Home:

Crawford

, 

Pennsylvania

Buried: 

Meadville

, 

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Greendale Cemetery

Chester Williams was captured during the Korean War and interned as a Prisoner of War. He was not among those returned at the wars end, and is listed as Missing in Action. Decades after his death his remains were recovered and returned to the United States.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Korean War)

    Action Date:

    December 6, 1950 – Died in Captivity
    Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office

    Sergeant Chester Lawrence Williams (ASN: RA-33110506), United States Army, was held as a Prisoner of War after he was captured on 6 December 1950 during the Korean War. He was unaccounted for after the war and it is believed he died of exposure on or about 31 December 1950 while still in captivity.