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Personal info

Full name
HALE, Billy Joe
Date of birth
23 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Lorenzo, Crosby County, Texas
Hometown
Lodi, San Joaquin County, California

Military service

Service number
38342937
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Beblenheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 13 18

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Hale (father)
Anna M. (Bowers) Hale (mother)
Charles W. Hale (brother)
Frances L. Hale (sister)

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 / https://36th-id.frb.io / 143rd-October-1944-to-end.pdf

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight "Andy" Anderson