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Personal info

Full name
MORANG, William Willard
Date of birth
22 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana
Hometown
Miles City, Custer County, Montana

Military service

Service number
19071097
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
24 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 10 1

Immediate family

Members
Arthur A. Morang (father)
Pauline (Bennett) Morang (mother)
Frances Morang (sister)
Arthur A. Morang Jr. (brother)
Charlotte Morang (sister)
Pauline Morang (sister)
Elizabeth Morang (sister)
Hazen S. Morang (brother)

More information

Pvt William W. Morang graduated from Custer County High School in 1938 where he was taking Trade and Industrial courses. He was working as a photographer in his father's photography studio when he enlisted in Missoula, Montana on 10 February 1942.

He served in North Africa, Sicily and Italy before his unit was sent to England in preparation of the invasion of Northern Europe.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/505/505_honor_mo.html, www.ancestry.com - Cook Foley Family Tree / 1930 Census / Montana Birth Index, 1920-1986, www.newspapers.com - Miles City Star - 13 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Custer County (Montana) High School yearbook, 1938, www.newspapers.com - Miles City Star - 13 May 1945