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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMS, Gerald L
Date of birth
14 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Putnam County, New York
Hometown
Putnam County, New York

Military service

Service number
42084227
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 December 1944
Place of death
Bergstein, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 12 52

Immediate family

Members
John H. Williams (father)
Bonnie B. (Whitlock) Williams (mother)
John H. Williams (brother)
Hazel Williams (sister)
Oscar J. Williams (brother)
Howard G. Williams (brother)
Joseph L. Williams (brother)
Maurice A. Williams (brother)
Marion R. Williams (sister)
Neal G. Williams (brother)
Marjorie E. Williams (sister)
Phillip E. Williams (brother)
Lilian S. Williams (wife)
Ella Williams (daughter)

More information

Pvt Gerald L. Williams enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 23 February 1944.

He was a chauffeur before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Block OO, Row 7, Grave 130.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Various Family Trees, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - History of the 28th Infantry Regiment, After Action Report of the 28th Infantry Regiment

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Dwight Austin