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Personal info

Full name
SMITHERS, William Anthony
Date of birth
2 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Endicott, Broome County, New York
Hometown
Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32761605
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 September 1944
Place of death
Girmont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 42 9

Immediate family

Members
Oscar L. Smithers (father)
Leah H. (Howe) Smithers (mother)
Ernest J. Smithers (brother)
Blanche L. Smithers (sister)
Donald O. Smithers (brother)
Eugene H. Smithers (brother)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Swain Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org, WWII Draft Card


Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy