William W. Winters

Korean War
Service #O-942161
UnitA BTRY 955 FA BN
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Army
Date of DeathJanuary 12 1952
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Air Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Prisoner of War Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
First Lieutenant Winters was awarded the Purple Heart, the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Prisoner of War Medal, he United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
First Lieutenant Winters was a member of Battery A, 955th Field Artillery Battalion, U.S. Army. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in Korea on October 7, 1951 and died while a prisoner on January 12, 1952. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.