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Personal info

Full name
ESKEW, William Barton
Date of birth
27 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa
Hometown
Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37681876
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 October 1944
Place of death
Housseras, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 2 19

Immediate family

Members
William H. Eskew (father)
Lena (Scott) Eskew (mother)
Howard O. Eskew (brother)
Thomas E. Eskew (brother)
Sarah A. Eskew (sister)
Robert M. Eskew (brother)
Dorcas L. Eskew (sister)
Ida B. Eskew (sister)
James E. Eskew (brother)
Doris M. (Jonson) Eskew (wife)
Harold L. Eskew (son)

More information

Pvt William B. Eskew attended high school for 1 year and was a retail manager before he enlisted in Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 18 November 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Iowa World War II Bonus Case Files / Nichols Connell Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – Iam Jims Gal