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Personal info

Full name
MONTGOMERY, William Franklin
Date of birth
1 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Foot-of-Ten, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Duncansville, Blair County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33931448
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
Leiffarth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 1 7

Immediate family

Members
William B. Montgomery (father)
Alice (Bussard) Montgomery (mother)
Mary Montgomery (sister)
Robert H. Montgomery (brother)
David E. Montgomery (brother)

More information

Pvt William F. Montgomery graduated from Hollidaysburg High School in 1943 and was engaged in the Future Farmer Work Program, in which he did outstanding work. For that reason he began farming himself. He specialized in the growing of potatoes and was given the achievement award from the federal government for his outstanding contribution in the field of agriculture.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 5 April 1944 and arrived in Europe on 15 September 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File, http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us, www.newspapers.com - Altoona Tribune

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Hollidaysburg High School Yearbook 1943, www.newspaperarchive.com - Altoona Mirror