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Personal info

Full name
DERRICK, William Calvin
Date of birth
31 December 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Wellston, St. Louis County, Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37412005
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 2 2

Immediate family

Members
Calvin Derrick (father)
Zana B. (Blackburn) Derrick (mother)
Ruth S. Derrick (sister)
Ethel N. Derrick (sister)
Elsie M. Derrick (sister)
Dorothy M. Derrick (sister)
Ralph H. Derrick (brother)
Helen Derrick (sister)
Lloyd M. Derrick (brother)
Lucille Derrick (sister)
Robert E. Derrick (brother)
Marie Derrick (wife)

More information

Pfc William C. Derrick enlisted in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 18 January 1943.
His brother Ralph Derrick served as a paratrooper and was listed as missing in action in Belgium in 1945 but survived the war.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / Family Trees / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Post-Dispatch