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Personal info

Full name
GARRITY, William D
Date of birth
11 December 1912
Age
31
Place of birth
Tonawanda, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
12073425
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
30 August 1944
Place of death
Epinal, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 29 58

Immediate family

Members
Richard J. Garrity (father)
Wilhelmina A. (Kohler) Garrity (mother)
James H. Garrity (brother)
Richard G. Garrity (brother)
Margaret H. Garrity (sister)
Charles J. Garrity (brother)
Gladys M. Garrity (sister)
John J. Garrity (brother)
Catherine Garrity (sister)
Joseph P. Garrity (brother)
Robert Garrity (brother)
Elizabeth J. Garrity (sister)
Etta M. Garrity (sister)

More information

Pvt William D. Garrity volunteered for the US Army in Buffalo, New York on 28 April 1942.
He was wounded in action and died Wednesday, August 30, 1944 in the vicinity of Epinal, France.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, www.wwiimemorial.com – Orville L. Kline, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cheryl’s Tree,
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy