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Personal info

Full name
COFFEY, William Edward
Date of birth
7 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
O1302950
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pounoy - la - Chétive, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 21 28

Immediate family

Members
John J. Coffey (father)
Sara T. (Blake) Coffey (mother)
May H. Coffey (sister)
John J. Coffey (brother)
Sara T. Coffey (sister)
Frank E. Coffey (brother)
Mathew Coffey (brother)
Anna Coffey (sister)
Genevieve Coffey (sister)
James J. Coffey (brother)
Helen T. Coffey (sister)
Catherine Coffey (sister)
Margareth M. (Wall) Coffey (wife)
Margie Coffey (daughter)

More information

1st Lt. William E. Coffey was a construction worker before he joined the Regular Army in Jamaica, New York on 24 February 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

His daughter Margie was born on 21 September 1944, one day after her fathers death.

An American Legion Post on 10th Avenue, Brooklyn is called after 1st Lt William Coffey.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949 / Jessee Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO, www.findagrave.com

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