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Personal info

Full name
NESS, William Griffin
Date of birth
30 April 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36967344
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Lohr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 26 51

Immediate family

Members
William G. Ness (father)
Beulah D. (Sinnamon) Ness (mother)
Alice H. Ness (sister)
Frances M. (Turk) Ness (wife)
Helen F. Ness (daughter)
William G. Ness Jr. (son)

More information

Pvt William G. Ness was a home delivery newspaper dealer for the Chicago Daily Times before he enlisted on 12 April 1944.

He was killed by shell fragments in the chest.

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.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ness Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – Chicago Tribune 15 December 1944/22 November 1945

Photo source: www.newspapers.com – Chicago Tribune 15 December 1944