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Personal info

Full name
SCHLIESSMANN, William Earhart
Date of birth
22 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Tripp, Hutchinson County, South Dakota
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36636507
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Düren, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 9 52

Immediate family

Members
William O. Schliessmann (father)
Pauline Schliessmann (mother)

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.abmc.gov

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet