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Personal info

Full name
NEW, William S
Date of birth
21 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Pulaski County, Kentucky
Hometown
Pulaski County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35672792
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
Near Thionville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 17 109

Immediate family

Members
William A. New (father)
Ora E. (Benge) New (mother)
Vonnie M. New (sister)

More information

S/Sgt William S. New worked on a farm before he enlisted in Cincinatti, Ohio on 17 November 1942.

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 / Christopher Gene Benge's Heritage
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