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Personal info

Full name
LYNCH, William P
Date of birth
16 July 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39840384
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Jüngersdorf-Merode, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 18 11

Immediate family

Members
Patrick M. Lynch (brother)
Brigid (Kelly) Lynch (sister)

More information

Pfc William P. Lynch was a bookkeeper Pacific Telephone and Telegraph.

He enlisted in San Francisco, California on 19 May 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WII Enlistment Record, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet