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Personal info

Full name
CONNORS, William L
Date of birth
29 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33951042
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 7 43

Immediate family

Members
Daniel F. Connors (father)
Elizabeth C. (Collins) Connors (mother)
Daniel Connors (brother)
Charles Connors (brother)
Mildred Connors (sister)
Robert J. Connors (brother)
Edward Connors (brother)
Jane Connors (sister)

More information

Pfc William L. Connors enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 28 June 1944.
"Mrs. William Connors of Third avenue, Scottdale, has been notified by the War Department that her husband, Pfc Connors, was killed in action in Germany on March 3. Serving with an infantry outfit of the Third Army under General Patton, he has been in the Army since June 27, 1944, going overseas last January. A graduate of Scottdale High School with the Class of 1939, he was a brother of Privat Robert J, who was wounded in Germany and who has since been taken to a hospital in England."


Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment record / 1940 Census / Connors Family Tree, The Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pennsylvania)

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet