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Personal info

Full name
STROTHER, Willie A
Date of birth
1909
Age
unknown
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
Allen Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
O1323629
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Legion of Merit,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 October 1944
Place of death
Raffelsbrand, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 2 45

Immediate family

Members
Mardy (Sonnier) Strother (mother)
Kenny Reed (half-brother)
Mildred (Mitchell) Strother (wife)

More information

2nd Lt was raised until the age of 18 by two uncles Lucien and Roy Sonnier.

He was in the service 18 years, 4 years in Hawaii and 3 years in the Pacific.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://9thinfantrydivision.net, The Oakdale Journal 23 November 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Oakdale Journal 23 November 1944, The Rifle Team 1939