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Personal info

Full name
KNOX, William Andrew
Date of birth
8 January 1917
Age
28
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Wyndmoor, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33029964
Rank
First Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rohrwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 26 5

Immediate family

Members
William J. Knox (father)
Anna M. (Whitehead) Knox (mother)
Rita M. Knox (sister)
Marie A. Knox (sister)
Robert B. Knox (brother)
Anna M. Knox (sister)
James Knox (brother)
Elizabeth G. (Hope) Knox (wife)
William A. Knox (son)

More information

1st Sgt William A. Knox enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 2 April 1941.

He was married to Elizabeth Gertrude Hope on 6 November 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, https://36th-id.frb.io, 143rd-October-1944-to-end.pdf

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - kathybratten