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Personal info

Full name
BROOKS, Willie Lee
Date of birth
1 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Butler County, Kentucky
Hometown
Lee, Butler County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35483014
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Atton, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 24 42

Immediate family

Members
Ira Brooks (father)
Deppie M. (Embry) Brooks (mother)
Cuba C. Brooks (brother)
Dona Brooks (sister)
Willard Brooks (brother)
Omie Brooks (sister)
Sherman Brooks (brother)

More information

Pfc Willie L. Brooks was a farmhand before he enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 2 July 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Alan Phelps Family Tree / Kentucky Birth Index / U.S.WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
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