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Personal info

Full name
GRANIER, William Paul "Bill"
Date of birth
12 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Houston, Harris County, Texas
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39716369
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
407th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 March 1945
Place of death
Near Krefeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 16 14

Immediate family

Members
Ivy C. Granier (father)
Josephine (Lopez) Granier (mother)
Ivy C. Granier (brother)
Aron J. Granier (brother)
Louis A. Granier (brother)
Mary O. Granier (sister)

More information

Pfc William P. Granier attended the Thomas A. Edison Junior High School in Los Angeles, class of 1939.

He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 9 November 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful Dutchman, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Forestal Higgenbottom Family Tree / WWII Enlistment Record / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, H. Zwarberg