Ka cika wannan magana: An haifi Williams a ranar 25 ga Agusta, 1897, a Denton, Texas. Ya halarci makarantun Denton, kuma ya sauke karatu daga makarantar sakandaren Denton a shekarar 1916. A watan Mayu 1916, ya shiga aikin soja a cikin Texas Army National Guard. Ya shiga cikin
tafiya a kan Pancho Villa, ci gaba zuwa corporal da kuma Sergeant a 1917. Bayan da ya yi ikirarin ranar haihuwar 1896 domin ya sadu da mafi ƙarancin shekaru don kwamiti, a watan Mayu 1917 Williams ya fara karatun jami'ai a sansanin Bullis, Leon Springs, Texas. Ya karbi kwamishinsa a watan Agustan 1917, watanni hudu bayan da Amurka ta shiga cikin yakin duniya na farko, kuma an nada shi mataimakin mataimakin a cikin Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun.