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Personal info

Full name
CONNER, William Melvin
Date of birth
9 November 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia
Hometown
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35760940
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 13 40

Immediate family

Members
Charles M. Conner (father)
Anna (Drake) Conner (mother)
Elizabeth A. (O'Donnell) Conner (wife)

More information

Pvt William M. Conner was married to Elizabeth Ann O'Donnell on 10 October 1940.

He enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 8 September 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Virginia Marriage Records 1936-2014 / 143rd-October-1944-to-end.pdf / https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight "Andy" Anderson