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David Lucian Williams
Lieutenant Commander
1969 – 2001
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Lieutenant Commander David Lucian Williams served the Office of Strategy and Concepts, Chief of Naval Operations for 5 years. David served in the Cold War and Gulf War. David was 32 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Homicide
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Place
Virginia
Biography
Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, an action officer in the Office of Strategy and Concepts on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations.
He grew up at Los Gatos and then in Virginia, ran track at South Lakes High School in Reston, and took a degree in English at the Virginia Military Institute in 1991. He served aboard the Gunston Hall as electronic materials officer and navigator, with two Mediterranean deployments, took a master's in national security affairs at Monterey in 1996, and was operations officer aboard the Whidbey Island and then the Nashville.
He had just been selected to serve as an executive officer afloat.
He was a keen sportsman and golfer, and had lately run the SPUD triathlon and played in the Army-Navy Country Club championship.
He and his wife Sara had just marked their ninth anniversary, and were expecting their third child in April.
He grew up at Los Gatos and then in Virginia, ran track at South Lakes High School in Reston, and took a degree in English at the Virginia Military Institute in 1991. He served aboard the Gunston Hall as electronic materials officer and navigator, with two Mediterranean deployments, took a master's in national security affairs at Monterey in 1996, and was operations officer aboard the Whidbey Island and then the Nashville.
He had just been selected to serve as an executive officer afloat.
He was a keen sportsman and golfer, and had lately run the SPUD triathlon and played in the Army-Navy Country Club championship.
He and his wife Sara had just marked their ninth anniversary, and were expecting their third child in April.
Survivors
His wife Sara, his daughters Sophie and Meredith, his mother Kathy, his father Mike, his brother Pat and his sister Becky.
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Navy
Office of Strategy and Concepts, Chief of Naval Operations
1987 – 1992
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
4
For service and achievement
Purple Heart posthumous
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal a gold star ×2
Memorials
National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial
Line 1969
Also Remembered
September 11, 2001 — The Pentagon
Burial Information
Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Section
64
Grave
4640
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David Lucian Williams
Lieutenant Commander
U.S. Navy
1987 - 1992
Office of Strategy and Concepts, Chief of Naval Operations
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