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Personal info

Full name
TRUMBO, William Adrian
Date of birth
21 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Dunkirk, Jay County, Indiana
Hometown
Jay County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35899381
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Honvelez, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 13 42

Immediate family

Members
Adrian L. Trumbo (father)
Susie (Swathwood) Trumbo (mother)
June M. Trumbo (sister)
Robert Trumbo (brother)
Gwendolyn Trumbo (sister)
Anna L. (McAbee) Trumbo (wife)
Diana K. Trumbo (daughter)

More information

Pfc William A. Trumbo was employed at the Indiana Glass Company.

He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 22 November 1943 and had received his training at Fort Wolters, Texas. He was sent overseas on 7 July 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Day Fam 1, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org – After Action Report

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Muncie Star Press