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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMS, Jack C
Date of birth
31 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
California
Hometown
Richmond, Contra Costa County, California

Military service

Service number
19187567
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Molenhoek, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 21 17

Immediate family

Members
Jack Williams (father)
Mary H. Williams (mother)
Alice M. Williams (sister)

More information

Pvt Jack Williams joined the army on 26 July 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek on 21 September 1944. He was disinterred on 11 June 1948 and evacuated to Margraten on 15 August 1948 and buried in a temporary grave. After being disinterred and after the cemetery was given a permanent status he was given his final resting place on 20 December 1948.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.comhttp://www.ww2-airborne.us/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet