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Personal info

Full name
REMICK, William Cobb
Date of birth
21 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31226804
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Verzevelle – Domfaing, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 18 61

Immediate family

Members
George C. Remick (father)
Ivy E. (Mac Kness) Remick (mother)
Franklin E. Remick (brother)

More information

Pfc William C. Remick was an elevator boy employed at the estate of T.E. Proctor.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 26 October 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy