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Personal info

Full name
VORWARK, William
Date of birth
17 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri
Hometown
Lafayette County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37000996
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 19 3

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Vorwark (father)
Willie A. Vorwark (mother)
Iola Vorwark (sister)
Margaret Vorwark (sister)
Opal Vorwark (sister)
Earnest Vorwark (brother)
Dora L. Vorwark (sister)
Robert Vorwark (brother)
Daisy Vorwark (sister)
Richard Vorwark (brother)
Mary H. (Smith) Vorwark (wife)

Documents


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Source of information: FOHF, Pat Sherman (niece), Terry Hirsch, www.memorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Bill Wealot, www.findagrave.com