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Personal info

Full name
GARRETT, William Edward
Date of birth
9 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois
Hometown
Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36484215
Rank
Private
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
Medical Detachment,
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Near Halloville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 27 22

Immediate family

Members
Vernon C. Garrett (father)
Maudie M. (Phillips) Garrett (mother)
Vernon C. Garrett Jr. (brother)
Wanda C. Garrett (sister)
Jane (Rice) Garrett (wife)
Patty Garrett (daughter)

More information

Pvt William E. Garrett attended Mattoon High School for two years and was employed in the car department of the Big Four Railroad before he enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 8 May 1943. He was sent overseas in March 1944.

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

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, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Coleman, www.newspapers.com - Journal Gazette 15 October 1945
Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - Journal Gazette Illinois 17 October 1945