Hershel W. Williams
Hershel W. Williams
Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams is a retired United States Marine Corps warrant officer and United States Department of Veterans Affairs veterans service representative who received the United States military's highest decoration for valor—the Medal of Honor—for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. He and Charles H. Coolidge are the only living Medal of Honor recipients from that war. In addition, he is the only surviving Marine to have received the Medal of Honor during World War II, and is the only surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the Pacific theater of the war.
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Full Name
Hershel Woodrow Williams
Date of Birth
October 2nd, 1923
Age
100
Birth Place
United States of America, West Virginia
Date of Death
June 29th, 2022
Died Aged
98
Star Sign
Libra
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