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Personal info

Full name
FINCH, William Francis
Date of birth
4 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32633128
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Büchelberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 5 31

Immediate family

Members
Herbert G. Finch (father)
Mary E. Finch (mother)
Elizabeth M. Finch (sister)
Adele R. Finch (sister)
Ruth A. Finch (sister)
Herbert J. Finch (brother)
Evelyn M. Finch (sister)
Dorothy Finch (sister)
Robert V. Finch (brother)
Richard J. Finch (brother)
Raymond L. Finch (brother)
John J. Finch (brother)
Matthew J. Finch (brother)

More information

Pvt William F. Finch attended the Manual Traning High School for four years and was a teller by the Brooklyn Trust Company before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 17 November 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.

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 / Dvorak Family Tree / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 31 December 1944
Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - Daily News 2 January 1945