Williams, Arthur Charles Iv

Arthur Charles Williams IV was a 31-year-old Staff Sergeant from Edgewater, Florida. He served in the U.S. Army as a combat engineer assigned to Charlie Company, 44th Engineer Battalion, part of the 2nd Infantry Division, which was operating under the command of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq.

On December 8, 2004, Williams was killed during operations in the city of Ar Ramadi, a volatile insurgent stronghold in Iraq's Al Anbar province. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, he died from injuries sustained due to hostile action. Specific details of the incident were not widely reported, but his death was recorded in the Defense Casualty Analysis System on that date.

Williams died during Operation Iraqi Freedom, a major conflict that began with the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003. By late 2004, the war had entered a phase of intense insurgency and urban combat, with cities like Ar Ramadi and Fallujah seeing frequent, high-casualty engagements between U.S. forces and Iraqi insurgent groups.

Following his death, Williams was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals. His name is inscribed on Panel 10A, Row 102 of the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial, which honors those killed in the 2001 attack and subsequent wars, and he is memorialized on the Iraq War Memorial at Veterans Memorial Park in Ormond Beach, Florida.

Staff Sergeant Williams is remembered by his unit and community as a dedicated soldier. His service is documented in military archives and memorials dedicated to those who died in the Iraq War.

Staff Sergeant Williams was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003–2010). The conflict concluded in August 2010. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Kennedy, Brian Matthew, Beaupre, Ryan Anthony, Gutierrez, Jose, Waters-bey, Kendall Damon.

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