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Personal info

Full name
HENDERSON, William Stanley
Date of birth
15 October 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon
Hometown
Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
O-460781
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bliesbruck, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 40 1

Immediate family

Members
Emmett S. Henderson (father)
Esther J. Henderson (mother)
Louise F. Henderson (sister)
Anne S. Henderson (wife)

More information

1st Lt William S. Henderson graduated from Oregon State College in June 1942. He entered the service 11 September 1942 and was sent overseas on 1 September 1944.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal for his skillful leadership enabling his men to beat off an attack by three German armored vehicles and a platoon of German infantry.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Oregon State Births / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The World 24 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy