PERCY W. WILLIAMS, JR., LTJG, USN
Percy Williams, Jr. '55
Lucky Bag
From the 1955 Lucky Bag:
PERCY WILLIAM WILLIAMS, JR.
Plainfield, New Jersey
Willie arrived at Navy Tech and immediately saw that athletics were an equalizer for the Executive Department. Picking up a big N star Youngster year for an upset victory over Army in lacrosse, The Perc was also Brigade high scorer for a championship fieldball team. Never a star man, Percy, however, found that studies came easily enough so that he always had enough time for his second love — wooing the fairer sex. Willie's quick humor and broad smile, which have left a lasting impression on so many of us, will easily insure our future admiral a large group of friends wherever he may go.
He was also a member of the 17th Company winter semester leadership.
PERCY WILLIAM WILLIAMS, JR.
Plainfield, New Jersey
Willie arrived at Navy Tech and immediately saw that athletics were an equalizer for the Executive Department. Picking up a big N star Youngster year for an upset victory over Army in lacrosse, The Perc was also Brigade high scorer for a championship fieldball team. Never a star man, Percy, however, found that studies came easily enough so that he always had enough time for his second love — wooing the fairer sex. Willie's quick humor and broad smile, which have left a lasting impression on so many of us, will easily insure our future admiral a large group of friends wherever he may go.
He was also a member of the 17th Company winter semester leadership.
Loss
Percy was lost on February 21, 1959 when his "jet fighter plane" crashed into the Mediterranean immediately after launching from USS Intrepid (CV 11). He was piloting a Grumman F11F-1 Tiger (Bureau #141779) with Fighter Squadron (VF) 33.
Other Information
Percy was survived by his parents, "Mr. and Mrs. P.W. Williams" of Bridgeview, NJ, his wife, Jane Leontine Raby Williams, of Pensacola, FL, and his two children John Raby Williams and Marion Louise Williams Carlson. He has a memory marker in Arlington National Cemetery.
Photographs
From the Lucky Bag
From the Lucky Bag: "Percy Williams and Bob Pirie practice passing."
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Bill Litzenberg '55 was also on the lacrosse team.
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