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Personal info

Full name
PAULOS, William Peter
Date of birth
26 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Springfield, Clark County, Ohio
Hometown
Springfield, Clark County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35034733
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 October 1944
Place of death
Near Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 40 16

Immediate family

Members
Peter W. Paulos (father)
Elizabeth Paulos (mother)
Eugenia Paulos (sister)
George P. Paulos (brother)

More information

T/5 William P. Paulos attended Springfield High School and was employed at the International Harvester Company before he enlisted at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 1 July 1941. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card / 1940 Census / Stith Cyrus Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - Springfield News - Sun - 5 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbook, Springfield, Ohio