[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 157 (Wednesday, November 14, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2072]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          TRIBUTE TO UNITED STATES ARMY MAJOR DWAYNE WILLIAMS

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                    HON. ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER, JR.

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 14, 2001

  Mr. CRAMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor United 
States Army Major Dwayne Williams. Major Williams was a man who 
dedicated his life to God and his country. He had recently completed 
the Army Command General College officer course and was assigned to 
work at the Pentagon in July. Unfortunately, Major Williams was 
assigned to an Army wing of the Pentagon that was struck by the 
hijacked plane on September 11, 2001, and lost his life to the 
terrorist attack.
  Major Williams, only 40 years old, already had an impressive record 
of service to our nation. He started as a paratrooper and served with 
the elite rangers at Fort Benning, Georgia and later served in the 
Persian Gulf War. He spent three years in Egypt at the American embassy 
and then two years as a company commander at Fort Jackson, South 
Carolina.
  Major Dwayne Williams had strong ties to the 511 District of Alabama, 
where his parents still reside. Major Williams was a star football 
player at Jacksonville High School and later at the University of North 
Alabama. He leaves behind his wife Tammy and his two children, Tyler 
and Kelsie; his parents, Horace and Pearl Williams; and his three 
brothers, Roy Williams, Air Force Staff Sergeant Troy Williams, and 
Army Sergeant 1st Class Kim Williams. Major Dwayne Williams was an 
eighteen year veteran of the United States Army and will be greatly 
missed by his family and friends, and also by the country that he 
dutifully and selflessly served for many years.

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