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Personal info

Full name
ABRAMS, Billey "Billy"
Date of birth
1 February 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Floyd County, Georgia
Hometown
Floyd County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34578333
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Siegen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 10 15

Immediate family

Members
Robert W. Abrams (father)
Emma E. M. (Nelson) Abrams (mother)
Frank Abrams (brother)
Janette (Edgens) Abrams (sister)
Eunice (Mc Cullough) Abrams (sister)
J.B. (Johnson) Abrams (sister)
C.T. (Mc Laughlin) Abrams (sister)
J.B (Henderson) Abrams (sister)

More information

Pfc Billey Abrams worked in a textile factory.

He enlisted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia on 16 December 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Janice Monk, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII
Enlistment Record, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: FOHF, Bobby Abrams (nephew)