Williams, Benjamin Dewayne
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Verified Staff Sergeant Benjamin Dewayne Williams, 30, of Orange, Texas, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action on June 20, 2006, in Al Karmah, Iraq.
Their Story
Staff Sergeant Benjamin Dewayne Williams was a 30-year-old Marine from Orange, Texas. He served with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, part of the I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) based at Camp Pendleton, California.
On June 20, 2006, Williams was killed during combat operations in the city of Al Karmah, located in Iraq's volatile Anbar province. According to the Department of Defense, his death resulted from hostile action, though the specific engagement was not detailed in initial casualty reports.
Williams died during a period of intense violence in the Iraq War. The years 2005-2007 saw the highest U.S. casualty rates of the conflict, marked by a surge in insurgent activity and sectarian violence following the 2006 bombing of the Al-Askari Mosque in Samarra.
His death was reported by multiple news outlets, including the Beaumont Enterprise, which covered the loss of a local service member. He was survived by family in Orange, Texas.
Williams is memorialized on the Iraq War Veterans Memorial and is listed among the fallen service members from Texas. His battalion, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, sustained significant casualties during its 2005-2006 deployment to Iraq.
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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.
