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Personal info

Full name
HULSEY, William Peyton "Billy"
Date of birth
31 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama
Hometown
Morgan County, Alabama
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
34812249
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Grand Bois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 9 40

Immediate family

Members
William T. Hulsey (father)
Willa M. (Dobbins) Hulsey (mother)
Harry Hulsey (brother)

More information

Pfc William P. Hulsey graduated from Riverside High School where he won a trophy and $50 War Bond as the outstanding student in the school. He taught sunday school at the First Baptist Church of Decatur.

He enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 16 July 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Kincaid Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Cullman Tribune - 15 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Decatur High School Yearbook 1941 and 1943 / newspaperarchive.com, www.newspapers.com - The Cullman Tribune - 15 February 1945