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Personal info

Full name
COLLINS, William Fred
Date of birth
2 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Dryden, Lee County, Virginia
Hometown
Dryden, Lee County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33655848
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Near Haguenau, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 11 52

Immediate family

Members
Amos Collins (father)
Curtis G. Collins (mother)

More information

Pvt William F. Collins worked on a farm before he enlisted in Abingdon, Virginia on 7 August 1943.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy