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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMS, Blair Warren
Date of birth
13 December 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
Hometown
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37041820
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
743rd Tank Battalion,
1st Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Erberich, South of Aldenhoven, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 6 16

Immediate family

Members
James E. Williams (father)
Sarah C. (Thomas) Williams (mother)
Lyle Williams (brother)
Clyde Williams (brother)
Hazel M. William (sister)
Andrew H. Gnagy (stepbrother)
Leroy Gnagy (stepbrother)
Verle Gnagy (stepbrother)
Dorothy Gnagy (stepbrother)

More information

Blair Williams enlisted on 3 February 1941 at Des Moines, Iowa and was sent overseas in August 1943.

He was reported wounded in action on 25 July 1944 for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

His tank was hit by enemy fire. He was killed, together with his crew members 1st Lt Frank X. Mc Williams, Pvt James P. Greene Jr. and T/5 Orville D. Jones who are also buried at Margraten.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920-1930-1940 Census / WWII Bonus Case File, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report -S-3 Journal 743rd Tank Battalion, www.newspaperarchive.com - Cedar Rapids Gazette

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspaperarchive.com - Cedar Rapids Gazette