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Personal info

Full name
WELCH, William Raymond
Date of birth
2 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington
Hometown
Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39212114
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 39 6

Immediate family

Members
Carl S. Welch (father)
Bertha (Richards) Welch (mother)
Glenn Welch (brother)

More information

Pvt William R. Welch attended high school for four years and was a lumberman before he enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 19 July 1943.

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 / Roberson Walchli Family / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File, Combat History 79th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy