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Personal info

Full name
PLUMMER, William Herbert
Date of birth
1 December 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana
Hometown
Missoula County, Montana

Military service

Service number
O1103361
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
326th Airborne Engineer Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Near Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 1 12

Immediate family

Members
John B. Plummer (father)
Eleanor (Brennan) Plummer (mother)
Virginia M. Plummer (sister)
Laurine P. Plummer (sister)
Robert B. Plummer (brother)
Richard L. Plummer (brother)

More information

Lt William Plummer graduated from Montana State University and was employed by the United States Forest Service.

He enlisted in March 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands.

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / The Independent Record 15 October 1944, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - The Missoulian

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Missoula County High School Yearbook 1936 / Montana State University, Missoula Yearbook 1940