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Personal info

Full name
ADDKISON, Willis Felix
Date of birth
25 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Louisville, Winston County, Mississippi
Hometown
Center, Union County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34982394
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 November 1944
Place of death
Hattigny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 22 45

Immediate family

Members
Felix Addkison (father)
Elsie M. Addkison (mother)
Harold Addkison (brother)
Cecile A. Addkison (sister)

More information

Pfc Willis F. Addkison attended high school for two years and worked on a farm before he enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 7 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy