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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMSON, Austin Dean
Date of birth
11 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Canton, Stark County Ohio
Hometown
Wood County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35657317
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Passenger
Unit
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Near Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 17 28

Immediate family

Members
Mary L. (Holstin) Williamson (mother)
Betty Williamson (sister)

More information

Pfc Austin D. Williamson attended Parkersburg High School and was employed by Matlock Motors Co.

He enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 7 April 1943.
The glider, in which he was a passenger, crashlanded on the landingzone.

The picture was taken in high school in 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/194/194_honor_kz.html, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred, Parkersburg High School Yearbook 1941