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Personal info

Full name
RAFFERTY, William Edward
Date of birth
1913
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Highland Falls, Orange, New York
Hometown
Orange County, New York

Military service

Service number
O1054759
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
424th Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Limburg An Der Lahn, Germany
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 12 29

Immediate family

Members
Edward J. Rafferty (father)
Louise E. Rafferty (mother)
Louise E. Rafferty (sister)
Edward A. Rafferty (brother)
Joseph Rafferty (brother)
Anthony Rafferty (brother)
Florence H. (Lawless) Rafferty (wife)

More information

1st Lt William E. Rafferty graduated from Newburgh Free Academy in 1931. He graduated from Columbia University's College of Pharmacy.

He was a pharmacist at Dyroff Pharmacy.

He enlisted in Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York, on 25 September 1942.

He was taken prisoner and died in Stalag XII-A.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / WWII Draft Card / 1925 New York State Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - U.S., School Yearbook Columbia University College of Pharmacy, The Newburgh News - 30 January 1945