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Personal info

Full name
SIMONSON, Willis Putney
Date of birth
12 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31412381
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
Dortmund-Ems Canal, in the vicinity of Lüdinghausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 12 11

Immediate family

Members
George W. Simonson (father)
Louva C. (Potter) Simonson (mother)
Alfred Simonson (brother)
Alice Simonson (sister)
Mulford B. Simonson (brother)
Arthur C. Simonson (brother)
Grace L. Simonson (sister)
Dorothy I. (Wrisley) Simonson (wife)
Lorraine G. Simonson (daughter)

More information

Pfc Willis P. Simonson enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 27 July 1944.

One of the pictures shows Willis Simonson with his wife and daughter.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / Wilsons Family Tree, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report CCA

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Brenda Jordan and Andrea Latham