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Personal info

Full name
COE, William Jason
Date of birth
11 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
13157796
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator/Gunner
Unit
573rd Bombardment Squadron,
391st Bombardment Group, Medium
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 January 1945
Place of death
Roye-Amy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 23 29

Immediate family

Members
Jacques Coe (father)
Clara (Bartels) Coe (mother)
Jean Coe (sister)
Jaques Coe, Jr (brother)

More information

T/Sgt William J. Coe graduated from Collegiate School in New York City and attended Franklin and Marshall College.

He enlisted in the Army in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 20 February 1943. He was sent overseas in May 1944

He was killed in a jeep accident on the airfield at Roye-Amy (Oise-Somme)

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, WWII Draft Card, Daily News - 11 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy