Obituaries:  Freddie McWilliams, 1967, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  October 5, 1967 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American

Winn Parish Has Third Victim Of Viet Nam War

Freddie McWilliams, 22, a Winnfield native and a 1964 graduate of Pinecrest
High School, is the third Winn Parish victim of the Viet Nam War.

McWilliams' mother, Doretha Page, of Hatfield Addition, was notified last
Saturday that he was killed on September 29 while on patrol in battle in Viet
Nam.  His father, Finus McWilliams, lives in Dallas, Texas.

Drafted by the Winn Parish Board, McWilliams would have completed two years in
the Army in he had lived until Nov. 18.  He had been in Viet Nam since the
latter part of last December, having spent Christmas aboard a Navy boat
enroute to Viet Nam.  

Prior to being drafted, McWilliams was employed by Olin Mathieson Plywood
while it was being constructed, and later, Continental Oil Co.

Funeral arrangements will be made later.  The body is expected to arrive here
within several days.  Last rites will be conducted at Morning Star Baptist
Church, with Rev. H. Y. Bell officiating.  Burial will be in the Winnfield
Colored Cemetery.

Besides his parents, he leaves two sisters, Barbara Jones and Brenda Robinson;
two brothers, Cleotha Amos, and Jackie Robinson, all of Winnfield.