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Personal info

Full name
BROCK, Willis Lee
Date of birth
13 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Harlan, Harlan County, Kentucky
Hometown
Harlan, Harlan County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35080508
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Near Fénétrange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 20 12

Immediate family

Members
Earl Brock (father)
Bettie J. (Crider) Brock (mother)
Margaret P. Brock (sister)
Ona M. Brock (sister)
Evelyn Brock (sister)

More information

Pvt Willis L. Brock attended high school for two years before he enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 11 April 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

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 / Debra Saylor Family Tree / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Rachael Harshbarger