Marine Staff Sgt. Dwayne E. Williams, 28, of Baltimore; assigned to 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan; killed Aug. 24 while conducting combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq.
HE WAS DEDICATED TO HIS FAMILY, HIS UNIT, HIS GOD
Malachi E. Williams, 4, cried at the start of the service for his father, Staff Sergeaqnt Dwayne E. Williams, in the chapel at the March Funeral Home in Northwest Baltimore, where 30 pews were filled by mourners for the Marine killed two weeks ago while trying to dismantle a bomb.
The Sergeant's mother, Florence Brenda Williams Randall, also sobbed as she was presented with his Purple Heart - the medal awarded to those wounded or killed in action.
And some of the two dozen uniformed Marines who stood so stoically as they saluted his casket emerged from the chapel with downcast stares, some with watery eyes.
"Dwayne had a mild-mannered personality with a quiet strength," said his cousin, Shirley Richards, reading from a printed obituary during the service. "He always had a positive word or smile to offer. Dwayne was known to joke or find the humor in every situation."
He was eulogized as a man dedicated equally to his family and his military service, using his relationship with God to soldier through three tours in Iraq - under some of the most strenuous circumstances.
Just a few weeks before his death, he suffered three concussions when bombs detonated near him.
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