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ROSS LEE WILLIAMS, Ex - '09 Lieut. Ross Lee Williams went to the first Training Camp at Ft. Snelling and after completing this course was assigned to the 132nd Machine Gun Company. While fighting not far from Verdun, he was recommended for American decoration for bravery by his captain. On October 10, 1918, he was killed while fighting in the Argonne forest. His home was at Lincoln, Nebraska.

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