Williams, Christian Bautista

Christian Bautista Williams was a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, assigned to Delta Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, based out of Twentynine Palms, California. He was from Winter Haven, Florida, and was 27 years old at the time of his death.

According to official Department of Defense casualty records, Sgt. Williams died on July 29, 2006, in Rawah, Iraq. The Marine Corps listed the cause as hostile action. Rawah is a town in the volatile Al Anbar province, where U.S. forces were engaged in counterinsurgency operations against Sunni militant groups, including Al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Williams was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom, a period marked by intense sectarian violence and insurgency. The years 2005 to 2007 were among the deadliest of the conflict for U.S. forces, with frequent attacks involving improvised explosive devices (IEDs), small arms fire, and rocket-propelled grenades. The 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion was part of Regimental Combat Team 7, operating in western Al Anbar.

His death was announced by the Department of Defense. He is listed on the Iraq War casualty roster maintained by the Pentagon and is memorialized on the 'Faces of the Fallen' page of The Washington Post, a project documenting service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Sgt. Christian Bautista Williams is remembered on the Iraq War Memorial website and in the casualty lists of major news archives. His name is among those of more than 4,400 U.S. service members who died during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Sgt. 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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