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Personal info

Full name
KIRKLAND, William John
Date of birth
27 January 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Freeport, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
42111959
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
13th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 17 19

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Kirkland (father)
Margaret (Hoover) Kirkland (mother)
Arthur Kirkland (brother)
Paul Kirkland (brother)
Martha Kirkland (sister)
Janet Kirkland (sister)
Anna E. Kirkland (sister)
Herbert H. Kirkland (brother)
Catherine M. Kirkland (sister)
Betty Kirkland (sister)

More information

Pvt William J. Kirkland enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 29 March 1944.

Pvt. Kirkland's brother-in-law, Pvt. Walter Kopec, Jr was killed in December 1943 and is buried at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial in Nettuno, Italy.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Gary Shank, Tricia Shank