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Personal info

Full name
HOUSTON, William Osborne
Date of birth
20 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
32617692
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
Liège, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 14 20

Immediate family

Members
Charles Houston (father)
Kate Houston (mother)
Charles Houston (brother)
Marcia B. (Hallman) Houston (wife)

More information

Cpl William O. Houston enlisted during his junior year at Lehigh University on 5 November 1942.

On 25 March 1944 he was married to Marcia Betty Hallman.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, Central Headlight, Vol. VI. No. 4, April 1945, page 5, www.newspapers.com - The morning Call

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Vicki Gordon