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Personal info

Full name
TALLANT, William Hall
Date of birth
7 January 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Fort Sam Houston, Bexar County, Texas
Hometown
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-025795
Rank
Major
Function
Pilot
Unit
764th Bombardment Squadron,
461st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
Near Munich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Richard E. Tallant (father)
May (Huntington) Tallant (mother)
Mary B. Tallant (sister)
Richard H. Tallant (brother)

More information

Maj William H. Tallant graduated from U.S. Military Academy at West Point with the Class of January 1943.

Maj Windle D. Reel:
"Directly over target area the plane was directly hit either by a bomb from a plane flying above or by the flak, causing the plane to explode and blowing both plane and occupants to bits."

Maj Tallant is remembered at the Murrysville Cemetery in Murrysville, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com - Floyd
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel / Paula J / LAB, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, 1943