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Personal info

Full name
GATES, Willis Gilbert
Date of birth
28 March 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Hillsboro, Montgomery County, Illinois
Hometown
Montgomery County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36780005
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 7 24

Immediate family

Members
Theodore F. Crox (half-brother)
Judith R. Gates (wife)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet