Veterans' Memorial Project
Lloyd Garrison Williams
Elgin, IL

World War I
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Lt. Williams served with Company K, 28th Infantry, First Division. He entered First Officers’ Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, assigned to 6th Company. He was then ordered to France, sailing on August 28, 1917, as a casual. Arriving overseas, Lt. Williams received further military training and was then assigned to Company D of the 164th Infantry, and later transferred to Company K of the 28th Infantry, with which he was cited for bravery. In early November, 1918, he was taken ill and transported to Base Hospital No. 34, Nantes, France, where he died on November 26, 1918. He is buried at Elgin, Illinois.
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