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Personal info

Full name
DORNEMAN, Willis Henry
Date of birth
31 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Marietta, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota
Hometown
Marietta, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37321706
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 13 46

Immediate family

Members
Henry C. Dorneman (father)
Lucille A. (Weckwerth) Dorneman (mother)
Harold G. Dorneman (brother)
Werner C. Dorneman (brother)
Mary L. Dorneman (sister)
Marcella M. (Linn) Dorneman (wife)
Gregory Dorneman (son)

More information

T/5 Willis H. Dorneman worked on a farm.

He enlisted in October 1942 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

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

He is remembered at the Augusta Cemetery in Marietta, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Quade Miller Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Robert Dove, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Robert Dove, Star Tribune 4 February 1945