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Personal info

Full name
POFFINBARGER, William Melton
Date of birth
13 December 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Paris, Edgar County, Illinois
Hometown
Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36784597
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 November 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 4 15

Immediate family

Members
Noal J. Poffinbarger (father)
Ethel J. (Shawzer) Poffinbarger (mother)
Lucille Poffinbarger (sister)
Frank Poffinbarger (brother)
John Poffinbarger (brother)
Warren C. Poffinbarger (brother)
Ruby J. (Dow) Poffinbarger (wife)
Patricia A. Poffinbarger (daughter)
Joan Poffinbarger (daughter)
Elizabeth A. Poffinbarger (daughter)

More information

Sgt William M. Poffinbarger enlisted on January 1944 and was sent overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Journal-Gazette, IDPF of Raymond C. Blanton

Photo source: www.findagrave.com