Individual Details

Col Aylwyn Pennell WILLIAMS

(8 Jun 1902 - 28 Jan 1983)

Events

Birth8 Jun 1902Sidney, Shelby, Ohio
Residence1910with his parents - Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio
Residence1920with his parents - Fostoria, Hancock, Ohio
EducationFrom 1923 to 1925University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
MilitaryFrom 1925 to 1940as a Captain with the Infantry of the National Guard of Pennsylvania
Marriage23 Dec 1927Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Katharine DILLER
Residence (family)1930110, Fairview Avenue, Upper Darby, Delaware, Pennsylvania - Katharine DILLER
Occupation1930research work in advertising - Upper Darby, Delaware, Pennsylvania
MilitaryFrom 1940 to 1946Colonel of Infantry in the US Army
Residence (family)1940834, Homestead Avenue, Haverford, Delaware, Pennsylvania - Katharine DILLER
Occupation1940statistical researcher for an advertising company - Haverford, Delaware, Pennsylvania
Occupation28 Sep 1945Professor of Military Science and Tactics and Commandant of the ROTC - University of Oklahoma
MilitaryFrom 1946 to 1948Colonel of Infantry with the Officer Reserve Corps
MilitaryFrom 1948Colonel with the General Staff Corps (Infantry Reserve)
Miscellaneous18 May 1950member of the Sons of the American Revolution
Death28 Jan 1983Havertown, Delaware, Pennsylvania

Families

SpouseKatharine DILLER (1903 - 1984)
ChildLiving
ChildDafydd Diller WILLIAMS (1933 - 1994)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherJoshua Handel WILLIAMS (1874 - 1955)
MotherAdah Aline PENNELL (1880 - 1951)
SiblingAline E WILLIAMS (1904 - )
SiblingElizabeth "Betty" WILLIAMS (1910 - 1977)
SiblingHugh Pennell WILLIAMS (1911 - 1969)

Notes

Occupation

ROTC - Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

Military

He was assigned to Head Quarters, 79th Infantry Division as Chief of Staff.

Miscellaneous

He was descended from Hugh Pennell who fought in the American War of Independence. Hugh Pennell was a private soldier with the 3rd Company 6th Battalion of the Lancaster County Pennsylvania Militia. He was born on the 1st of June 1763 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and died in 1839 in Jefferson County, Ohio.