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Personal info

Full name
WILLIS, Millard F
Date of birth
22 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Belmont, Franklin County, New York
Hometown
Malone, Franklin County, New York

Military service

Service number
42143276
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
East of Erfstadt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 10 53

Immediate family

Members
Ulison H. Willis (father)
Inez R. (Marshall) Willis (mother)
Alfred H. Willis (brother)
Leona M. Willis (sister)
Hazel M. Willis (sister)
Robert O. Willis (brother)
Betty J. Willis (sister)
Dorothy E. (Baker) Willis (wife)
Dennis Willis (son)
Mary Willis (daughter)
Jan Willis (son)

More information

Pfc Millard F. Willis was a construction machinery operator before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 1 June 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - various family trees / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, http://www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - various family trees