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Personal info

Full name
CONNELL, William Warren
Date of birth
6 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
Hometown
Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
11065536
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 April 1945
Place of death
Near Patriching, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 35 10

Immediate family

Members
William T. Connell (father)
Edith M. (Forbes) Connell (mother)
Edith K. Connell (sister)
Bessie M. Connell (sister)

More information

S/Sgt William W. Connell attended high school for three years and was a mechanic at the Brown and Thompson Garage before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Hartford, Connecticut on 14 March 1942.

He was killed by a sniper.

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 / Forbes Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com – Grace Forbes, www.newspapers.com – Hartford Courant Connecticut 20 May 1945

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Walter Gilleo